Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Public Administration Act 2004 - SECT 25

Executive employment governed by contract

25. Executive employment governed by contract



(1) Subject to this Act, the employment of an executive shall be governed by a
contract of employment between the executive and his or her employer.

(2) A contract must be in writing and be signed by or on behalf of the
employer and the executive.

(3) A contract must specify the date on which it expires which must not be
more than 5 years after the date on which it came into force.

(4) Performance criteria contained in a contract of employment relating to an
Assistant Commissioner of Police must relate to management matters only.

(5) A contract of employment may be varied at any time by a further contract
between the parties but its term may not be increased beyond 5 years.

(6) If, at the time of entering into a contract of employment, an executive
was not employed in the employment or appointed to the office to which the
contract relates, then the contract constitutes his or her instrument of
employment or appointment for the purposes of this and any other Act.

(7) If, at the time of entering into a contract of employment, an executive
was employed in the employment or appointed to the office to which the
contract relates, then the contract constitutes a new instrument of employment
or appointment, and replaces any earlier instrument of employment or
appointment, for the purposes of this and any other Act.