❓ Hon Sue Ellery questions the Minister for Education regarding the application of the Public Sector Management (Redeployment and Redundancy) Regulations 2014 to education assistants, specifically concerning voluntary severance offers and assurances made during the Workforce Reform Bill 2013 debate. The Minister clarifies the voluntary severance scheme and the new regulations are distinct, with involuntary severance being a last resort.
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EDUCATION
ASSISTANTS — PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT(REDEPLOYMENT AND REDUNDANCY)
REGULATIONS 2014
448. Hon SUE ELLERY to the
Minister for Education:
I refer to the notification to public education assistants
who have received correspondence from the Department of Education drawing their
attention, and I quote —
� to the new Public Sector Management (Redeployment and Redundancy) Regulations 2014 which come into operation on 1 May 2015. It is important that you understand
how the new Regulations may affect you if you choose not to accept this offer.
Given that during the course of the debate on the Workforce
Reform Bill 2013 the house was assured that the provisions would be applied to
only a very small group of recalcitrant public servants and only as a measure
of last resort, can the minister confirm exactly how many education assistants
received similar advice prior to 1 May 2015 and does he consider those
recalcitrant?
ASSISTANTS — PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT(REDEPLOYMENT AND REDUNDANCY)
REGULATIONS 2014
448. Hon SUE ELLERY to the
Minister for Education:
I refer to the notification to public education assistants
who have received correspondence from the Department of Education drawing their
attention, and I quote —
� to the new Public Sector Management (Redeployment and Redundancy) Regulations 2014 which come into operation on 1 May 2015. It is important that you understand
how the new Regulations may affect you if you choose not to accept this offer.
Given that during the course of the debate on the Workforce
Reform Bill 2013 the house was assured that the provisions would be applied to
only a very small group of recalcitrant public servants and only as a measure
of last resort, can the minister confirm exactly how many education assistants
received similar advice prior to 1 May 2015 and does he consider those
recalcitrant?
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this
question.
Voluntary severance was offered to 250 education assistants
in the recent targeted voluntary severance scheme. The information quoted was
included in their letter of offer to inform them of the upcoming changes in
legislation, which took effect on 1 May 2015. The targeted voluntary severance
scheme is different from the new Public Sector Management (Redeployment and Redundancy)
Regulations 2014, which came into effect on 1 May 2015. Under this new
legislation, an involuntary severance is considered a last resort.
question.
Voluntary severance was offered to 250 education assistants
in the recent targeted voluntary severance scheme. The information quoted was
included in their letter of offer to inform them of the upcoming changes in
legislation, which took effect on 1 May 2015. The targeted voluntary severance
scheme is different from the new Public Sector Management (Redeployment and Redundancy)
Regulations 2014, which came into effect on 1 May 2015. Under this new
legislation, an involuntary severance is considered a last resort.
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