Public service employee, relocating to prevent etc. reprisal
15B Public service employee, relocating to prevent etc. reprisal
In this section —
employing authority, in relation to a public service employee, means that person’s employing authority under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 section 5;
organisation means an organisation as defined in the Public Sector Management Act 1994 section 3(1);
public service employee means —
a public service officer; or
an employee employed in an organisation.
A public service employee may apply in writing to his or her employing authority for relocation on the grounds that —
detrimental action has been taken or may be taken against the employee in reprisal for a disclosure of public interest information under this Act; and
the only practical means of removing or substantially removing the danger of a reprisal is to relocate the employee.
If the employing authority is satisfied that the grounds are established it must, as far as practicable, make arrangements to relocate the employee away from the employee’s existing work location whether within the employee’s current department or organisation or to another department or organisation.
Subsection (3) does not authorise the relocation of a public service employee unless the employee consents to the specific arrangements proposed by the employing authority.
[Section 15B inserted: No. 31 of 2012 s. 8.]
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