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Public Sector Act 2022
sec.156Reinstatement of employment on permanent basis if contract ends
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### sec.156 Reinstatement of employment on permanent basis if contract ends
This section applies if—
a person mentioned in section 155 (1) is employed on contract for a fixed term; and
the contract is terminated other than by disciplinary action, or the contract expires and is not renewed or replaced by another contract of employment under this Act; and
when the person was first employed under the contract or an earlier continuous contract of employment as a public service officer, the person was employed as a public service officer on a permanent basis.
The person becomes a public service officer employed—
on a permanent basis; and
at the classification level at which the person would have been employed if the person had continued in employment as a public service officer on a permanent basis; and
on the remuneration to which the person would have been entitled if the person had continued in employment as a public service officer on a permanent basis.
(sec.156-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person mentioned in section 155 (1) is employed on contract for a fixed term; and the contract is terminated other than by disciplinary action, or the contract expires and is not renewed or replaced by another contract of employment under this Act; and when the person was first employed under the contract or an earlier continuous contract of employment as a public service officer, the person was employed as a public service officer on a permanent basis.
(sec.156-ssec.2) The person becomes a public service officer employed— on a permanent basis; and at the classification level at which the person would have been employed if the person had continued in employment as a public service officer on a permanent basis; and on the remuneration to which the person would have been entitled if the person had continued in employment as a public service officer on a permanent basis.
- (a) a person mentioned in section 155 (1) is employed on contract for a fixed term; and
- (b) the contract is terminated other than by disciplinary action, or the contract expires and is not renewed or replaced by another contract of employment under this Act; and
- (c) when the person was first employed under the contract or an earlier continuous contract of employment as a public service officer, the person was employed as a public service officer on a permanent basis.
- (a) on a permanent basis; and
- (b) at the classification level at which the person would have been employed if the person had continued in employment as a public service officer on a permanent basis; and
- (c) on the remuneration to which the person would have been entitled if the person had continued in employment as a public service officer on a permanent basis.