Directives are issued under sections 53 and 54 of the Public Service Act 2008 (the Act).
Under section 53 of the Act the Public Service Commission
Chief Executive may issue directives on matters relating to the Public Service Commission's or the Public Service Commission Chief Executive’s functions and the overall employment conditions for chief executives, senior executives and public service officers on contract whose remuneration is equal to, or higher than, the remuneration payable to a senior executive.
Under section 54 of the Act the industrial relations Minister may issue directives about the remuneration and conditions of employment applying to public service employees (other than chief executives and senior executives) and public service officers on contract whose remuneration is equal to, or less than, the remuneration payable to a senior officer. Ministerial directives apply to the employees specified in the application clause of the particular directive.
Ministerial and Public Service Commission Chief Executive directives are included in a single series. Employees' enquiries about directives are to be directed to the human resources or employee relations contact officer in their work area.
The directives available on this site are provided for information purposes only. The official or authorised versions of directives are published in the Queensland Government Gazette and can be purchased from SDS Publications.
2012
01/12 - Decentralisation Program – Workforce Arrangements (PDF File, 1.1 MB)
This directive establishes a transparent and consistent workforce management process for decentralisation programs.
2011
13/11 - Recurring Vacancies - School Leader Roles (PDF File, 35.3 KB)
Directive on the appointment of School Leader Roles within the Department of Education and Training.
12/11 - Field Staff (PDF File, 66.1 KB)
To prescribe the hours of duty and time off in lieu of overtime arrangements for certain departmental employees.
11/11 - Transfer and Appointment Expenses (PDF File, 98.2 KB)
To assist with the payment or reimbursement of expenses and other matters associated with the transfer, redeployment and promotion of an officer from one centre to another; the appointment of an officer to the Queensland Public Service and the engagement in employment in the Queensland Public Service of a temporary employee.
10/11 - International Travelling, Relieving and Living Expenses (PDF File, 179.6 KB)
To provide as necessary for alternative remuneration arrangements and payment of other expenses to employees who are posted or otherwise engaged to work or travel in an overseas location.
09/11 - Domestic travelling and Relieving Expenses (PDF File, 134.1 KB)
To compensate employees for expenses incurred when required to travel within Australia on official duty or to relieve another employee or to perform special duty away from the employee’s usual place of work.
08/11 - Senior Officers – Employment Conditions (PDF File, 77.5 KB)
To declare employment conditions for officers appointed as senior officers.
07/11 - Employment Screening (PDF File, 127.9 KB)
Employment screening aims to ensure safety and security for the Queensland community, particularly children, and maintain public confidence in the integrity of the Queensland public service.
06/11 - Graduate Program - Recruitment and Selection (PDF File, 48.9 KB)
To provide a new basis for the effective and timely recruitment of recent graduates into the Queensland Public Service.
05/11 - Amendment of Directive No. 01/10 - Recruitment and selection (PDF File, 54.6 KB)
To create an exemption from advertising for roles tobe filled in accordance with a government employment initiative.
04/11 - Higher Duties (PDF File, 66.5 KB)
To prescribe conditions for the payment of higher duties when an
03/11 - The Retrenchment of Temporary Employees Engaged on a Full Time or Part Time Basis (PDF File, 59.8 KB)
To detail the conditions applying to temporary employees whose work is determined to be surplus to requirements.
02/11 - Recreation Leave (PDF File, 83.7 KB)
To prescribe the entitlements and conditions for recreation leave.
01/11 - Long Service Leave (PDF File, 77.7 KB)
To prescribe long service leave entitlements.
2010
26/10 - Paid Parental Leave (PDF File, 124.3 KB)
To prescribe the entitlement to paid parental leave including maternity, adoption, surrogacy, spousal, pre-natal, pre-adoption and pre-surrogacy leave.
24/10att - Critical Incident Entitlements and Conditions support materials (PDF File, 84.5 KB)
This document aims to provide information to support the implementation and application of the Critical Incident Entitlements and Conditions Directive No. 24/10.
24/10 - Critical Incident Entitlements and Conditions (PDF File, 95.2 KB)
To prescribe the entitlements and conditions for specified public service employees in critical incident circumstances prescribed in paragraph 2 of Schedule A.
23/10 - Post-separation discipline (PDF File, 72.3 KB)
To establish directions in relation to disciplinary action against former public service employees and public service employee who change employment and to specify the requirements for disclosure of previous disciplinary action.
21/10 - Employee performance management (PDF File, 40.0 KB)
To specify the requirements of employee performance management for public service employees and their employing agency.
20/10 - Temporary employment (PDF File, 47.7 KB)
To ensure the effective and efficient provision of services through the employment of temporary employees, and to set criteria for the review of the status of temporary employees.
19/10 - Appeals (PDF File, 96.8 KB)
To outline appeal rights for the review of certain decisions made affecting employment under the Public Service Act 2008 and other specified acts.
18/10 - Sick Leave (PDF File, 95.3 KB)
To prescribe the entitlements for sick leave.
14/10 - Motor Vehicle Allowances (PDF File, 78.0 KB)
To prescribe the motor vehicle allowances payable to public service employees when they are required to use a private motor vehicle for official purposes.
13/10 - Court Attendance and Jury Service (PDF File, 68.1 KB)
To prescribe the entitlements for employees required to attend court as a witness or to undertake service as a juror.
12/10 - Bereavement Leave (PDF File, 73.4 KB)
To prescribe the entitlement for bereavement leave on the death of a member of an employee’s immediate family or household.
11/10 - Attendance - Recording and Reporting Requirements (including Public holidays) (PDF File, 73.9 KB)
To prescribe the requirements for a recording system for attendance and leave, for reporting absence from duty and attendance on public holidays and special holidays.
10/10 - Recognition of Previous Service and Employment (PDF File, 105.4 KB)
To prescribe the entitlements for recognition of previous service and employment when a person is appointed or reappointed, engaged or re-engaged to work in the Queensland public service.
09/10 - Recurring Vacancies - School Leader Roles (PDF File, 29.3 KB)
Directive on the appointment of School Leader Roles within the Department of Education and Training.
07/10 - Transfer within and between classification levels and systems (PDF File, 74.5 KB)
To detail the conditions applying to the transfer of public service officers from one stream to another within a classification system or from one classification system to another.
06/10 - Access to employee records - disclosing third-party personal information (PDF File, 54.4 KB)
To assist decision-makers to exercise their responsibilities for protecting and releasing third-party personal information contained in employee records.
03/10 - Declaration of Interests - Public Service Employees (PDF File, 60.8 KB)
This directive provides for the matters which must be disclosed by public service employees when directed by their Chief Executive, how those matters must be disclosed, the purpose of the disclosure, and specifies requirements for the storage of, and access to, declarations.
02/10 - Declaration of Interests - Chief Executives (PDF File, 61.3 KB)
This directive provides for the matters which must be disclosed by Chief Executives of government departments, how those matters must be disclosed, and pecifies requirements for storage of, and access to, declarations.
01/10 - Recruitment and selection (PDF File, 86.1 KB)
Specifies the requirements applying to the recruitment and selection of public service employees. Amended by Directive 05/11
2009
22/09 - Gifts and benefits (PDF File, 49.2 KB)
This directive outlines the ethical considerations and procedures involved in the giving and receiving of gifts and benefits by employees and agencies of the Queensland Public Service.
19/09 - Remuneration for Teachers (PDF File, 30.3 KB)
Prescribes the remuneration for certain employees.
18/09 - Special leave (PDF File, 133.1 KB)
To prescribe the entitlements for special leave.
17/09 - Early retirement, redundancy and retrenchment (PDF File, 80.9 KB)
To specify the action to be taken and the conditions and entitlements applying to public service employees in relation to an early retirement package, redundancy package or retrenchment package.
16/09 - Remuneration for certain employees (PDF File, 34.9 KB)
To prescribe the remuneration for certain employees as defined in this directive.
12/09 - Employment arrangements following workplace change (PDF File, 59.1 KB)
Prescribes the specific employment conditions to apply in case of disruption caused by the occurrence of a human influenza pandemic.
07/09 - Existing rulings (PDF File, 30.4 KB)
To provide authority to amend a continued ruling issued by the Commission Chief Executive of the Public Service Commission.
05/09 - Senior executives – employment conditions (PDF File, 173.1 KB)
To declare employment conditions for officers appointed to the senior executive service.
04/09 - Employment arrangements in the event of a human influenza pandemic (PDF File, 427.9 KB)
Prescribes the specific employment conditions to apply in case of disruption caused by the occurrence of a human influenza pandemic.
02/09 - Employment separation procedures (PDF File, 53.1 KB)
To require public service departments and public service offices to have procedures in place when an employee separates from employment in the Queensland public service.
01/09 - Relocation expenses for officers retiring (PDF File, 45.0 KB)
To require public service departments and public service offices to have procedures in place when an employee separates from employment in the Queensland public service.
2008
16/08 - Engaging officers on fixed term contracts of employment (PDF File, 43.2 KB)
To provide public service agencies with the flexibility to attract and/or retain officers with critical skills for specific business needs by offering financial and/or other incentives.
14/08 - Leave and travel concessions – isolated centres (PDF File, 53.2 KB)
These arrangements are in recognition of the need for officers and their families to relieve the hardship and disabilities associated with living in remote and isolated areas of the state.
12/08 - Progression arrangements for department of child safety frontline employees (PDF File, 44.0 KB)
To declare specific employment conditions for specified employees of the Department of Child Safety.
07/08 - Leave without salary credited as service (PDF File, 41.5 KB)
To prescribe the entitlements for leave without pay being credited as service for leave and salary purposes.
2007
12/07 - Superannuation entitlements for certain employees (PDF File, 34.2 KB)
To prescribe the conditions for superannuation entitlements payable to public service employees who are 70 years of age and over.
03/07 - Public service employees engaging in other employment (PDF File, 58.4 KB)
To specify the action to be taken by public service employees who engage or will be engaged in other employment whether in the public service or elsewhere.
02/07att - Rewards for creating commercially valuable intellectual property - attachments (PDF File, 390.8 KB)
Approval and Reporting Process Rewards for creating commercially valuable intellectual property
02/07 - Rewards for creating commercially valuable intellectual property (PDF File, 172.1 KB)
To prescribe the conditions for offering monetary rewards to eligible employees who develop intellectual property that is successfully commercialised with positive revenue returns to the Queensland Government.
2006
13/06 - Complaints management systems (PDF File, 61.9 KB)
To establish complaints management systems in agencies and to specify the minimum standards for such systems.
02/06 - Minimum obligatory human resource information (MOHRI) (PDF File, 299.6 KB)
To detail the MOHRI information that must be submitted to the Public Service Commission
01/06 - Overtime meal allowances (PDF File, 29.8 KB)
To prescribe the meal allowances payable to officers and employees specified in this directive when they are required to work overtime.
2005
17/05 - Information to be conveyed when employees move between departments (PDF File, 81.1 KB)
Sets out the minimum public service employee details which must be supplied when a public service employee is appointed or seconded from one department and/or public service office to another department and/or public service office.
16/05 - Excess travel time (PDF File, 24.6 KB)
To prescribe the general conditions applicable for compensation for excess travel time.
05/05 - Hours and overtime (PDF File, 31.1 KB)
To prescribe the ordinary hours for employees not covered by awards or agreements and the compensation for overtime for public service employees whether covered by awards or not.
1999
19/99 - Locality allowances (PDF File, 53.0 KB)
To prescribe the locality allowances payable to officers and employees specified in this directive who are appointed to work at named centres.
12/99 - Study and examination leave (PDF File, 29.4 KB)
To prescribe the entitlements for study and examination leave.
1997
03/97 – Determination of equivalence of qualifications (PDF File, 5.6 KB)
To specify principles for the application of the Queensland Public Sector Training Council’s decision to delegate to Chief Executives the authority to determine Equivalence of mandatory qualifications.