Commencing on 1 March 2023, the Public Sector Act 2022 (Qld) (Public Sector Act) will provide a range of consistent employment arrangements for Queensland’s public sector by repealing and replacing the current Public Service Act 2008 (Qld) (old Act).
The Public Sector Act implements the second stage of reforms arising from the recommendations of an independent review of public sector employment laws conducted by Peter Bridgman (known as the Bridgman Review). Some of the new provisions also implement recommendations of the independent review of public sector culture and accountability by Professor Peter Coaldrake (Coaldrake Report).
In this article we provide a brief overview of some of the most significant changes the Public Sector Act will introduce to employment arrangements for the Queensland public sector.
The Public Sector Act continues to provide the legislative framework for the employment of public service employees within the public service, whilst also introducing greater consistency in employment arrangements for entities and their employees across the broader public sector in Queensland.
The most significant changes arising from the legislation will be for entities (and their public sector employees) that fall within the new term ‘public sector entity’, which operated largely outside the coverage of the old Act.
The term ‘public sector entity’ is broad. It captures all forms of entities established under an Act for a public or...
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