Victorian Public Service Executive Employment Handbook

The Victorian Public Service Executive Employment Handbook provides the policy framework for employing executives based on the Public Administration Act 2004. It provides useful information on executive employment within the Victorian public sector.

what is the handbook?

The handbook will:

• assist public service agencies to manage employment contracts, remuneration and employment matters relating to executives;
• inform executives, or those contemplating executive employment, about working conditions in the public service; and,
• provide guidance to executives and employers in the public sector on executive employment and remuneration policy standards.

how to use this handbook employers

The handbook helps employers with policies that are relevant to executive employment in the public service. It should be read in conjunction with the Public Administration Act and the standard executive employment contract.

Employers should seek information relating to tax matters from the Australian Tax Office or another expert advisor.

executives

The handbook sets out executive employment arrangements. It also explains all the other benefits of working in the public service - benefits that may not necessarily be offered in the private sector.

public sector or public service?

The policy on executive employment is different for public sector and public service executives:

• the standard employment conditions for public service executives are available in this Handbook.
• the Government Sector Executive Remuneration Panel (GSERP) administers the employment policies for public sector executives. GSERP policy is available on this website.

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