42Secondment of administrative employees

42 Secondment of administrative employees

42 Secondment of administrative employees

(1) An administrative employee may be seconded, for a period not exceeding 2 years, to the service of a government sector agency by agreement between the Commissioner and the head of the agency.

(2) Any such agreement is to set out the following:

(a) the period of the secondment,

(b) the financial responsibilities of the Commissioner and the government sector agency in relation to the employee’s entitlements,

(c) the procedure to be followed on completion of the secondment,

(d) the circumstances in which the secondment may be terminated and the form of notice to be given to terminate the secondment before the end of the agreed period.

(3) A copy of the agreement must be provided to the administrative employee concerned.

(4) An administrative employee who requests a secondment must do so in writing to the Commissioner.

(5) If the secondment of an administrative employee is initiated by the Commissioner, the Commissioner must:

(a) provide reasonable notice of the secondment to the employee, and

(b) advise the employee that the employee may request a review of the secondment within 10 business days after the employee is notified of the secondment.

Note—

Section 64 (2) of the GSE Act also requires the employee to be consulted.

(6) The head of the government sector agency to which an administrative employee is seconded is, unless the secondment is provided as a development opportunity, to ensure that the employee is suitable for the role, position or work to be assigned to the employee in that agency.

(7) Any merit assessment in relation to the secondment of an administrative employee is to be to the satisfaction of the head of the government sector agency to which the employee is or is to be seconded.

(8) An administrative employee who is seconded to a government sector agency is, on completion of the secondment, entitled to return to the NSW Police Force at the same work level at which the employee was employed immediately before being seconded.