15Mandatory integrity training for Parliamentary Service employees

15  Mandatory integrity training for Parliamentary Service employees

 (1) A Secretary who engages a person as an ongoing Parliamentary Service employee must make arrangements for the Parliamentary Service employee to:

 (a) undergo a program of training about integrity; and

 (b) do so within 6 months of being engaged.

 (2) A Secretary who engages a person as a non‑ongoing Parliamentary Service employee must make arrangements for the Parliamentary Service employee to:

 (a) undergo a program of training about integrity; and

 (b) do so as soon as practicable after being engaged.

 (3) However, subsections (1) and (2) do not apply if:

 (a) the person has previously been engaged as a Parliamentary Service employee; and

 (b) the person completed a program of training about integrity in relation to that engagement in accordance with this section.

16  Consulting Parliamentary Service Commissioner before entering into agreement settling dispute about sexual harassment including non‑disclosure or confidentiality provision

  A Secretary must consult the Parliamentary Service Commissioner before entering into an agreement that:

 (a) is to be with a person who is or was a Parliamentary Service employee; and

 (b) settles a dispute about a matter that relates to:

 (i) the person’s Parliamentary Service employment; and

 (ii) sexual harassment of or by the person, or an allegation of sexual harassment of or by the person; and

 (c) limits the person’s freedom to disclose information about the matter, the dispute or its settlement.

17  Notifying the Parliamentary Service Commissioner of agreements that are for settling disputes about employment matters and include non‑disclosure or confidentiality provisions

 (1) This section applies if, during a financial year, a Secretary enters into an agreement that:

 (a) is with a person who is or was a Parliamentary Service employee; and

 (b) settles a dispute about a matter that relates to the person’s Parliamentary Service employment; and

 (c) limits the person’s freedom to disclose information about the matter, the dispute or its settlement.

 (2) The Secretary must notify the Parliamentary Service Commissioner of the number of agreements described in subsection (1) entered into during that financial year.

 (3) The notification must be given within 31 days after the end of that financial year or within such longer period that the Parliamentary Service Commissioner allows.

Part 3—Parliamentary Service employment