54Collection of employment‑related information

54 Collection of employment‑related information

(1) An Agency Head must: (a) ensure that there are measures in place to collect from each APS employee in the Agency the information specified in subsection (2); and (b) give that information to the Commissioner. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the following information is specified: (a) the information required by the data specifications for the database known as the Australian Public Service Employment Database, as set out in the Australian Public Service Employment Database Specifications 2013, as existing at the commencement of this section; (b) the information required by the data specifications for the database known as the Australian Public Service Remuneration Survey, as set out in the Australian Public Service Remuneration Survey Data Specifications 2021, as existing at the commencement of this section.

Note: The Australian Public Service Employment Database Specifications 2013, and the Australian Public Service Remuneration Survey Data Specifications 2021, could in 2022 be viewed on the Commission’s website (www.apsc.gov.au).

(3) In seeking information specified in paragraph (2)(a), an Agency Head must allow APS employees to provide a response of “choose not to give this information” in relation to: (a) whether the APS employee is: (i) a person with a disability; or (ii) an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person; or (iii) from a culturally and linguistically diverse background, including a non‑English speaking background; or (b) the APS employee’s educational qualifications or prior employment.