21Employment of temporary employees

21 Employment of temporary employees

21 Employment of temporary employees

(1) The Secretary may appoint persons to be employed in the service of the Crown on a temporary basis as members of the school administrative and support staff of the Department in any classification.

(2) A person employed under this section may be employed for a period or periods of up to 3 years.

(3) (Repealed)

(4) The services of a temporary employee may be dispensed with at any time by the Secretary.

(5) The Secretary may not terminate the employment of a temporary employee for reasons other than for misconduct unless the employee—

(a) is given at least 4 weeks notice of the proposed termination, or

(b) is paid, at or before the termination, an amount equal to 4 weeks pay.

(6) A temporary employee whose employment is terminated is not, despite any other Act or law, entitled to any other compensation or entitlement for the termination of employment other than superannuation entitlements.

s 21: Am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.7 [7]; 2018 No 3, Sch 2 [2] [3].