New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT ACT 2002 - SECT 27

27 Employment of Departmental temporary employees

(1988 Act, s 38 (1)-(2))

(1) The appropriate Department Head may employ a person who has appropriate qualifications to carry out work in the Department for a particular period.

(2) Persons employed under this Part are "Departmental temporary employees".

(3) A person may be employed as a Departmental temporary employee:

(a) for the duration of a specified task or project, or

(b) to carry out the duties of a position that is temporarily vacant, or

(c) to provide additional assistance in a particular work area, or

(d) in connection with the secondment or exchange of staff, or

(e) to undertake a traineeship or cadetship, or

(f) for any other temporary purpose.

(4) The employment of persons under this Part is subject to:

(a) section 7 (3), and

(b) any other provision of this Act or the regulations concerning the employment of Departmental temporary employees.