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Employment instructions

Employment instructions (EIs) contain gazetted rules relating to how public sector employees are:

  • to be managed
  • required to behave.

Some EIs have an accompanying guideline to assist employees and agencies with implementing or complying with the requirements of that EI.

EI number Employment instruction title Commissioner's EI guidelines issued to date
1. Filling vacancies PDF (3.0 MB)Commissioner's Guideline PDF (2.3 MB)
2. Probation PDF (94.1 KB)Commissioner's Guideline PDF (42.6 KB)
3. Natural justice PDF (85.4 KB)Commissioner's Guideline PDF (29.2 KB)
4. Employee performance management and development systems PDF (787.5 KB) 
5. Medical examinations PDF (122.4 KB) 
6. Performance and inability PDF (75.7 KB)Commissioner's Guideline PDF (48.3 KB)
7. EI7 has been revoked  
8. Internal agency complaints and section 59 grievance reviews PDF (128.4 KB) 
9. Employment records PDF (160.9 KB) 
10. Equality of employment opportunity programs PDF (98.7 KB) 
11. Occupational health and safety standards programs PDF (65.6 KB)Commissioner's Guideline PDF (62.7 KB)
12. Code of conduct PDF (2.9 MB) 
13. Appropriate workplace behaviour PDF (106.6 KB)Commissioner's Guideline PDF (845.8 KB)
14. Redeployment and redundancy procedures PDF (94.8 KB) 
15. Special measures PDF (140.7 KB)Commissioner's Guideline PDF (823.8 KB)

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