Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Education and Training Reform Act 2006 - SECT 2.4.3.

Employment of teachers, principals and other staff

2.4.3. Employment of teachers, principals and other staff



(1) For the purposes of this Act, there shall be employed by the Secretary on
behalf of the Crown in the teaching service-

   (a)  teachers; and

   (b)  principals and assistant principals; and

   (ba) executives to perform duties in or outside a school; and



   (c)  persons engaged or employed as teacher aides, assistant teachers or to
        perform professional, administrative, clerical or computing or
        technical duties in schools; and

   (d)  any person in any other category of staff declared by Ministerial
        Order to be staff in schools who may be employed by the Secretary; and

   (e)  any other persons who are necessary for the purposes of this Act.

(2) The Secretary, on behalf of the Crown, has all the rights, powers,
authorities and duties of an employer in respect of employees in the teaching
service.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the Secretary may-

   (a)  create, abolish or otherwise deal with any position in the teaching
        service;

   (b)  employ as many persons as are required for the exercise of the
        functions of the teaching service;

   (c)  employ those persons as on-going employees or temporary employees;

   (d)  assign work to employees;

   (e)  issue lawful instructions that must be observed by employees;

   (f)  subject to section 2.4.3A, determine the remuneration (including an
        increase or reduction in remuneration) and other terms and conditions
        of employment of any individual employee;

   (g)  pay allowances, bonuses or gratuities to employees;

   (h)  transfer employees to other duties in the teaching service;

        (i)    suspend employees from duty with pay;

   (j)  terminate the employment of employees;

   (k)  second employees to other bodies or take persons on secondment from
        other bodies;

   (l)  authorise periods of leave of absence for employees or make payments
        to employees or their legal personal representative in lieu of leave;

   (m)  do anything else authorised by this Part.