What’s new or changing

• In response to the findings and recommendations of the IndependentCommission Against Corruption arising from its investigation of the former Canterbury City Council (Operation Dasha), the parties to the Local Government (State) Award (the Award), have requested the Government to amend the Local Government Act 1993 (the Act) to remove the ability for councils to determine positions in their organisation structure to be “senior staff positions”.
• The Office of Local Government (OLG) has issued a discussion paper to seek the views of the broader local government sector on the changes requested by the parties to the Award. This feedback will be used to inform the Government’s position on this issue.
• The discussion paper is available on OLG’s website here.

What this will mean for your council

• Councils are invited to make submissions indicating whether they would support the making of the legislative amendments requested by the parties to the Award set out in the discussion paper.
• Submissions may be made by email to [email protected].
• Submissions should be labelled ‘senior staff employment’ and marked to the attention of OLG’s Council Governance Team.
• Submissions should be made by COB 15 November 2022.

Key points

• Under the current provisions of the Act, the holders of positions determined by councils to be “senior staff positions” must be employed using standard contracts of between 1–5 years duration.
• A council can only determine a position to be a...

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