83AReinstatement of certain senior executives whose employment has been terminated

83A Reinstatement of certain senior executives whose employment has been terminated

83A Reinstatement of certain senior executives whose employment has been terminated

(1) This section applies in relation to a person whose employment as a senior executive has been terminated by the person’s employer (the former employer).

(2) If the Commissioner is satisfied that—

(a) the termination of the person’s employment constituted a detrimental action offence within the meaning of the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022, and

(b) the person wishes to be reinstated or otherwise re-employed as a senior executive,

the person may be reinstated by the former employer to the role assigned to the person immediately before the termination of employment (the former role).

(3) If reinstatement to the person’s former role is considered to be impracticable, the person may be re-employed (whether in the same government sector agency in which the former role was located or in another government sector agency) in some other similar or appropriate role—

(a) that is within the same band (or, in the case of a senior executive who is not employed in a band, within the same level of work) as the former role, and

(b) that has a level of remuneration no less than the remuneration payable to the person in the former role.

(4) The Commissioner may give a direction under section 13 to the head of a government sector agency that a person be reinstated or re-employed under this section. In the case where the person’s employer is the Minister, the Commissioner may make a recommendation to the Minister that the person be reinstated or re-employed under this section.

Note.

Section 13(2) requires the Commissioner to consult the agency head before giving any such direction.

(5) If a person is reinstated or re-employed under this section, the person is entitled to such salary and other employment benefits as if the person had continued to be employed during the period following the termination of employment. However any such entitlement is subject to the repayment of any compensation or other amount paid to the person on the termination of employment.

(6) The reinstatement or re-employment of a person under this section is not subject to the provisions of the government sector employment rules relating to the recruitment of employees.