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The standards behind people and workforce

Merit and probity in selection, pre-employment screening, the Fair Work Act and the award, superannuation and PAYG, Single Touch Payroll, payroll control, the WHS Act's notifiable incident duties, procedural fairness, notice under the NES, performance and learning, employee privacy and human capital reporting.

Standard	Source	Requirement	Where it shows up here
Merit	Government Sector Employment Act 2013 (NSW) s 2A and Rule 7; Public Service Act 1999 (Cth) s 10A; Local Government Act s 349 (appointment on merit)	Appointments on merit: candidates assessed against the same criteria, assessments recorded, the decision by the delegated person.	Every candidate scored against the same weighted criteria with the evidence recorded; ranking on the record; the delegated manager appoints (GL-PW-01).
Conflicts in selection	Public sector codes of conduct; panel probity guidance	Panel members declare conflicts; a conflicted member does not assess the candidate.	Panel members checked against the MG-14 interests register for every candidate; a conflict is flagged and must be managed before appointment (GL-PW-02).
Pre-employment screening	Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012 (NSW); National Police Checking Service; licence and qualification checks	Clearances a position requires are verified before an offer and kept current.	Position clearances; no offer while one is missing; the sweep flags expiring and expired clearances and an expired clearance blocks the duties (GL-PW-03, 09).
Pay and entitlements	Fair Work Act 2009 and the National Employment Standards; Local Government (State) Award 2023; Superannuation Guarantee (12% from 1 July 2025); PAYG withholding schedules 2025-26; Single Touch Payroll Phase 2	Pay within the award band, leave per the NES, super at the guarantee rate, tax withheld correctly, every run reported to the ATO.	Pay from the band; PAYG scale and no-TFN rate; superannuation at 12%; leave against the NES balances; STP lodged on release (GL-PW-04, 05).
Payroll control	Audit office better practice for payroll; fraud control guidance (AS 8001)	Exceptions found before the run: band breaches, shared bank accounts, separated employees, large movements, missing declarations.	The payroll agent checks every payslip before the run and nothing is released with an unresolved exception (GL-PW-04).
Work health and safety	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 ss 35-39 (notifiable incidents: notify immediately, preserve the site, keep records 5 years); s 27 officer due diligence; ISO 45001	Notifiable incidents reported to the regulator immediately by the fastest means; site preserved; the officer responds; incidents recorded and investigated.	Every incident triaged for notifiability with the section cited; regulator notification and site preservation recorded before the officer's response; the 24-hour internal standard measured (GL-PW-06).
Procedural fairness in conduct	Fair Work Act unfair dismissal criteria (s 387); public sector misconduct procedures; natural justice; Briginshaw standard	Allegation in writing, reasonable time to respond, support person, independent investigation, findings on the evidence, proportionate outcome.	Fairness checklist on every matter; no outcome can be decided until every requirement is met; the delegated manager decides and HR concurs (GL-PW-07).
Termination and notice	National Employment Standards ss 117-123 (notice by years of service, over-45 addition, redundancy); long service leave Acts	Notice or payment in lieu per service; final pay including leave and long service; lawful grounds.	Notice computed from service; final pay from balances; termination holds for the delegated manager and needs a decided conduct outcome or a redundancy on the record (GL-PW-08).
Performance and learning	Public sector performance development frameworks; mandatory training (WHS induction, code of conduct, privacy)	Performance cycles with plan, mid-year and end-year; mandatory learning completed by the due date.	Performance stages prompted; mandatory learning due dates; overdue items surfaced by the sweep (GL-PW-09).
Employee privacy	Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW); Privacy Act 1988 (Cth); records legislation	Employee records used only for employment purposes; bank and tax details protected.	Bank details stored masked and hashed; payslips visible to the employee and payroll only; every access and change on the audit chain (GL-PW-10).
Human capital reporting	ISO 30414; workforce reporting to the executive and the annual report	Time to hire, turnover, incident rates and leave liabilities reported from the record.	Measures on the overview drawn from the vacancies, separations, incidents and balances.