OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT Overview of Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations Information Sessions Employee Relations December 2008 Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations Information Sessions

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT • Sessions will • Run for approximately two hours at a time • Cover the following topics • An overview of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act • An overview of industrial relations including the new legislation • Termination of Employment • Executive Contract Officers • Recruitment • Surplus Employees • Job Evaluation System • Preparing submissions to the Commissioner for Public Employment • Inability and discipline Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations Information Sessions

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT Overview of PSEMA This session will provide practitioners with an understanding of the purpose and structure of the PSEMA and its subordinate legislation Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations Information Sessions

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT Overview of Industrial Relations • Will cover • What are industrial relations? • Who are the main players or actors in the industrial relations system? • What is the law (including legislation & common law aspects)? • What are the main industrial relations processes? Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations Information Sessions

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT Termination of Employment • This session will cover • What is a termination? • What are the grounds for summary dismissal? • What is a constructive dismissal? • What constitutes an unfair dismissal? • What constitutes an unlawful dismissal? • Steps that can be taken to reduce the risk of a successful unfair dismissal claim? Human Resource and Industrial Relations Information Sessions

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT Preparing Submissions to CPE This session will provide an overview of the types of matters about which Agencies write to the Commissioner. It will also provide a guide to the elements required in a submission to adequately assess the request. Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations Information Sessions

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT Executive Contract Officers • This session will provide an overview of • ECO terms and conditions of employment • Requests for Variations • The role of the Executive Remuneration Review Panel • CEO appointments • Termination of Executive Contracts • Transition to ECO Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations Information Sessions

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT Recruitment • This session will cover the broad elements of Employment Instruction 1, such as • advertising • appointment, transfer and promotion Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations Information Sessions

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT Surplus Employees This session will provide an explanation of the definition of surplus employees and an overview of their management in the NTPS. Human Resource and Industrial Relations Information Sessions

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT Job Evaluation System This session will provide an overview of the JES system and its importance in the NTPS Human Resource and Industrial Relations Information Sessions

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT Inability and Discipline • This session will provide • an overview of both processes • an explanation of the interaction of the two processes • information about informal versus formal processes • information about natural justice Human Resource and Industrial Relations Information Sessions

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT