Fire Services Act 1990
sec.26Conditions of employment
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sec.26 Conditions of employment
Subject to any applicable industrial instrument, persons employed under section 25 shall be paid salary, wages and allowances at such rates and shall be employed under such conditions of employment as the commissioner determines. However, if a person mentioned in subsection (1) is employed on contract for a fixed term, the conditions of the person’s employment are not subject to any industrial instrument. Also, if a directive made under the Public Sector Act 2022 applies to a person employed under section 25 and the directive is inconsistent with the determination of the commissioner under subsection (1) , the directive applies to the extent of the inconsistency. s 26 amd 1996 No. 42 ss 13A , 3 sch 3 ; 1998 No. 37 s 9 sch ; 2001 No. 76 s 21 ; 2014 No. 17 s 184 sch 1 pt 4 ; 2016 No. 63 s 1157 sch 6 ; 2022 No. 34 s 344 (sec.26-ssec.1) Subject to any applicable industrial instrument, persons employed under section 25 shall be paid salary, wages and allowances at such rates and shall be employed under such conditions of employment as the commissioner determines. (sec.26-ssec.2) However, if a person mentioned in subsection (1) is employed on contract for a fixed term, the conditions of the person’s employment are not subject to any industrial instrument. (sec.26-ssec.3) Also, if a directive made under the Public Sector Act 2022 applies to a person employed under section 25 and the directive is inconsistent with the determination of the commissioner under subsection (1) , the directive applies to the extent of the inconsistency.