Australian Public Service Employment Matters

Terms of reference
On 28 June 1999 the following matters were referred to the Finance and Public Administration References Committee for inquiry and report:

Australian Public Service employment matters, including:

1. the evolving changes in the nature of the Senior Executive Service, including chief executive officers, as a result of the devolution of responsibility for staffing matters to individual agencies, such changes including, but not limited to, selection, tenure and independence, remuneration, including relativities, mobility and career development;
2. the impact of agency-based bargaining in contributing to the development of a more efficient, productive and independent Australian Public Service, accountable to the Australian Parliament; and
3. the extent to which performance pay is being incorporated into agreements negotiated by individual agencies, the disparity between agency agreements in performance pay and the impact of such agreements on agency performance, accountability and transparency.

On 21 March 2002 the Commitee resolved that the reference not be readopted.