Health Services Act 2016

Subject to subsection (2), if an employee’s employing authority is of the opinion that the performance of the employee is substandard, the employing authority may —

withhold for such period as the employing authority thinks fit an increment of remuneration otherwise payable to the employee; or

reduce the level of classification of the employee; or

terminate the employment in the health service provider of the employee.

If an employee does not admit to the employee’s employing authority that the employee’s performance is substandard, that employing authority must, before forming the opinion that the performance of the employee is substandard, cause an investigation to be held into whether or not the performance of the employee is substandard.