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Review of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act

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Review of the Public Sector Employment and Management

Act

What is the purpose the Act in the 21st Century?

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• Whose interests?- Community – citizens of the Northern Territory- Government

• Reciprocal rights and responsibilities- employer(s)- employee(s)

• Employment Contract- who are the parties?

Balancing interests?

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Rhetoric versus reality? Divergent perspectives – is alignment possible?

What is it like on the ground for Agencies? values principles rules

What is it like for CPE / OCPE? Whole of government Central agency Rule makers or enforcers

- How do we get alignment? How do we maintain it? - How do we get agility? Why we need it?

Values vs Principles

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Public Sector Engagement

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• Community of the Northern Territory

• Government of the day

• OCPE

• Agencies

• Employees

• Employees’ representatives

Alignment of the Parties Roles’

and Responsibilities'

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Public Sector Employment and Management Act

Fair Work Bill Information Act Public Interest Disclosure Act Anti-Discrimination Act Workplace Health and Safety Act Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Mobility Act Care and Protection of Children Act

Governance – Overlapping Responsibilities

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"There are clear links between employee engagement and

effectiveness, which, in turn, affect productivity. Employee engagement goes to the heart

of organisational capability issues"

"Your organisation's success depends on

people's true engagement…..Research has shown that engaged

employees make for a stronger organisation and better business results"

Briggs (2005), Australian Government Public Service Commissioner as cited in

Meere (2005)

Right Management (2006)

Engagement

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Core values of the organisationValues around the customer

Workload stressOpen honest communication

Internal pay parityCareer opportunities

EmpowermentImmediate manager

Senior leaders valuing employeesTeamwork

Extent to which people are praisedRight Management 2005

Factors which drive Engagement

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Disproportionate expenditure of energy, effort and resources on dealing with the application of principles or rules relating to individual cases:

• Merit• Inability• Incapacity• Grievances• Appeals• Tenure

What can we do about this reality???

Coal Face Realities

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Of all the decisions an executive makes, none is as important as the decisions about people, because they determine the performance

capacity of the organization.

Peter F. Drucker

Act is about leadership of people