20AEmployment at higher level following completion of graduate program

#### 20A Employment at higher level following completion of graduate program 20A Employment at higher level following completion of graduate program > > (1) This rule applies to a Public Service employee who has successfully completed a graduate program approved by the Public Service Commissioner (a graduate employee). > > > (2) Despite rule 20, a comparative assessment after external advertising is not required to employ a graduate employee at a higher level for the first time following completion of the graduate program if— > > > > > (a) the agency head is satisfied that— > > > > > > > (i) the graduate employee meets the pre-established standards for the role in which the employee is being employed at the higher level, and > > > > > > > (ii) the graduate employee’s conduct is satisfactory, and > > > > > (b) the graduate employee’s work performance while undergoing the graduate program has, having regard to the employee’s performance agreement, been assessed as exceeding expectations. > > > (3) In this rule— > > > > higher level, in relation to a graduate employee, means— > > > > > (a) the classification or grade that is immediately higher than the classification or grade in which the employee was employed on completion of the graduate program, or > > > > > (b) in cases considered to be exceptional by the agency head—a classification or grade that is 2 levels higher than the classification or grade in which the employee was employed on completion of the graduate program. > > **rule 20A:** Ins 2018 (502), Sch 1 \[3\]. Am 2019 (443), Sch 1 \[13\].