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Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993
5CHuman resource management principle
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5C Human resource management principle
(1) The human resource management principle is that human
resource management in the Public Sector must be directed
towards promoting the following:
(a) employment based on merit;
(b) equality of employment opportunity;
(c) working environments in which employees:
(i) are treated fairly, reasonably and in a non-discriminatory
way; and
(ii) are remunerated at rates appropriate to their
responsibilities; and
(iii) have reasonable access to training and development;
and
(iv) have reasonable access to redress when adversely
affected by improper or unreasonable decisions.
(2) The human resource management principle incorporates the merit
principle and the equality of employment opportunity principle.