The PWSS is seeking expressions of interest for two independent members (including the Chair) in preparation for the establishment of the PWSS Consultative Committee. Independent committee members are appointed by the Minister for a two-year term.
* The PWSS Consultative Committee (the committee) is a legislated body under the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Act 2023 to:
* Discuss matters that are relevant to parliamentarians and their employees in so far as those matters relate to the functions of the PWSS;
Consider proposed policies and procedures developed by the PWSS:
* Relating to workforce strategies for the employment of MOPS employees; or
* For the purposes of supporting parliamentarians to discharge their obligations in relation to the employment of MOPS employees; or
* Relating to work health and safety matters that arise in connection with the duties of parliamentarians, MOPS employees or designated workers; or
* For the purposes of supporting Commonwealth parliamentary workplaces to be safe and respectful.
Consider each proposed mandatory policy or procedure, each proposed mandatory education or training program, and proposed requirements for completing those programs.
Independent members will likely have academic, business leadership, or judicial backgrounds. Our legislation prescribes that they must be independent from:
* Parliamentarians;
* MOPS employees;
* Registered political parties (within the meaning of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918); and
* The PWSS and the PWSS Advisory Board.
The PWSS Rules, further state that independent members have skills, knowledge or experience in one or more of the following fields:
* Parliamentary workplaces;
* Human resources, work health and safety or industrial relations;
* Public administration or corporate governance.
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