sec.239Initial employees

sec.239 Initial employees

This section applies to— a person (an initial employee ) who is employed as an employee of the EDQ employing office if the person was a public service employee employed by the department, other than on a fixed term contract, immediately before being employed by the EDQ employing office; and a person (also an initial employee ) who is employed as an employee of the EDQ employing office if the person was not, immediately before being employed by the EDQ employing office, a public service employee to whom this section applies under paragraph (a). The terms and conditions of employment of the initial employee are the terms and conditions that applied, immediately before the commencement, to public service employees employed by the department under the existing instruments. However, subsection (2) stops applying to the initial employee if a new certified agreement, covering the person as an employee of the EDQ employing office, takes effect. This section applies despite any other Act. In this section— certified agreement see the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , schedule 5 . existing instruments means the following instruments as they were in effect immediately before the commencement— the Queensland Public Service Officers and Other Employees Award—State 2015; the State Government Entities Certified Agreement 2023; a public sector directive. new certified agreement means a certified agreement made after the commencement. public sector directive — means a directive under the Public Sector Act 2022 , schedule 2 ; and includes— a joint directive made under section 226 of that Act; and a directive continued under section 307 or 308 of that Act. s 239 ins 2024 No. 32 s 61 (sec.239-ssec.1) This section applies to— a person (an initial employee ) who is employed as an employee of the EDQ employing office if the person was a public service employee employed by the department, other than on a fixed term contract, immediately before being employed by the EDQ employing office; and a person (also an initial employee ) who is employed as an employee of the EDQ employing office if the person was not, immediately before being employed by the EDQ employing office, a public service employee to whom this section applies under paragraph (a). (sec.239-ssec.2) The terms and conditions of employment of the initial employee are the terms and conditions that applied, immediately before the commencement, to public service employees employed by the department under the existing instruments. (sec.239-ssec.3) However, subsection (2) stops applying to the initial employee if a new certified agreement, covering the person as an employee of the EDQ employing office, takes effect. (sec.239-ssec.4) This section applies despite any other Act. (sec.239-ssec.5) In this section— certified agreement see the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , schedule 5 . existing instruments means the following instruments as they were in effect immediately before the commencement— the Queensland Public Service Officers and Other Employees Award—State 2015; the State Government Entities Certified Agreement 2023; a public sector directive. new certified agreement means a certified agreement made after the commencement. public sector directive — means a directive under the Public Sector Act 2022 , schedule 2 ; and includes— a joint directive made under section 226 of that Act; and a directive continued under section 307 or 308 of that Act.