sec.45Reasonable management action not prevented

### sec.45 Reasonable management action not prevented Nothing in this part is intended to prevent a manager from taking reasonable management action in relation to an employee who has made a public interest disclosure. However, a manager may take reasonable management action in relation to an employee who has made a public interest disclosure only if the manager’s reasons for taking the action do not include the fact that the person has made the public interest disclosure. In this section— manager , of an employee, means a person to whom the employee reports or a person who directly or indirectly supervises the employee in the performance of the employee’s functions as an employee. reasonable management action , taken by a manager in relation to an employee, includes any of the following taken by the manager— a reasonable appraisal of the employee’s work performance; a reasonable requirement that the employee undertake counselling; a reasonable suspension of the employee from the employment workplace; a reasonable disciplinary action; a reasonable action to transfer or deploy the employee; a reasonable action to end the employee’s employment by way of redundancy or retrenchment; a reasonable action in relation to an action mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f) ; a reasonable action in relation to the employee’s failure to obtain a promotion, reclassification, transfer or benefit, or to retain a benefit, in relation to the employee’s employment. (sec.45-ssec.1) Nothing in this part is intended to prevent a manager from taking reasonable management action in relation to an employee who has made a public interest disclosure. (sec.45-ssec.2) However, a manager may take reasonable management action in relation to an employee who has made a public interest disclosure only if the manager’s reasons for taking the action do not include the fact that the person has made the public interest disclosure. (sec.45-ssec.3) In this section— manager , of an employee, means a person to whom the employee reports or a person who directly or indirectly supervises the employee in the performance of the employee’s functions as an employee. reasonable management action , taken by a manager in relation to an employee, includes any of the following taken by the manager— a reasonable appraisal of the employee’s work performance; a reasonable requirement that the employee undertake counselling; a reasonable suspension of the employee from the employment workplace; a reasonable disciplinary action; a reasonable action to transfer or deploy the employee; a reasonable action to end the employee’s employment by way of redundancy or retrenchment; a reasonable action in relation to an action mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f) ; a reasonable action in relation to the employee’s failure to obtain a promotion, reclassification, transfer or benefit, or to retain a benefit, in relation to the employee’s employment. - (a) a reasonable appraisal of the employee’s work performance; - (b) a reasonable requirement that the employee undertake counselling; - (c) a reasonable suspension of the employee from the employment workplace; - (d) a reasonable disciplinary action; - (e) a reasonable action to transfer or deploy the employee; - (f) a reasonable action to end the employee’s employment by way of redundancy or retrenchment; - (g) a reasonable action in relation to an action mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f) ; - (h) a reasonable action in relation to the employee’s failure to obtain a promotion, reclassification, transfer or benefit, or to retain a benefit, in relation to the employee’s employment.