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Government Sector Employment Act 2013
64Employee transfers and secondments between government sector agencies
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#### 64 Employee transfers and secondments between government sector agencies
64 Employee transfers and secondments between government sector agencies
> > (1) The government sector employment rules may deal with the transfer or secondment of employees between government sector agencies (whether or not at the request of the employees).
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> > Note.
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> > See also Part 4 with respect to assignment of Public Service senior executives to roles.
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> > (2) Unless a transfer or secondment is initiated by the employee, the person who initiates a transfer or secondment is required to consult the employee.
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> > (3) The remuneration of an employee who is transferred or seconded is not to be reduced without the approval of the employee.
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> > (4) The government sector employment rules are to set out the circumstances in which employees have the right to have a transfer or secondment they have not initiated reviewed.
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> > (4A) The government sector employment rules may make provision with respect to the recognition of service for the accrual of leave and to other matters consequent on the transfer or secondment of employees between government sector agencies.
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> > (4B) This section does not apply to the transfer or secondment of an employee to or from that part of the NSW Police Force comprising police officers.
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> > (5) In this section, government sector agency includes—
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> > > (a) the service of a State owned corporation (or a subsidiary), and
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> > > (b) any service in which persons excluded from this Act by section 5 are employed (but only for transfers or secondments initiated by the employee).
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> **s 64:** Am 2016 No 2, Sch 1 \[27\] \[38\]–\[42\].