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The Australian Public Service Commission issues publications, advices and circulars, reports, speeches and media statements to agencies outlining changes in APS people and performance management. The following are current under the Public Service Act 1999, unless otherwise indicated.

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Fact sheet: Raising behavioural concerns and reporting suspected misconduct

Fact sheet
The Australian Public Service Commissioner’s Directions 2022 (the Commissioner’s Directions) provide that upholding the ‘Ethical’ Value requires each employee, having regard to their duties and responsibilities, to report and address misconduct and other unacceptable behaviour by public servants in a fair, timely, and effective way (s.13(f) of the Commissioner’s Directions).

Fact sheet: Preparing for a misconduct investigation

Fact sheet
Preparing for a misconduct investigation includes scoping and planning, formulating allegations, and notifying an employee or former employee that they are the subject of a misconduct investigation.

Fact sheet: Procedural fairness in breach decision-making

Fact sheet
Generally, administrative decisions, such as those taken in the misconduct process, must have regard to procedural fairness.

Fact sheet: Making a breach determination

Fact sheet
The process of determining a breach of the APS Code of Conduct (Code) requires the decision-maker to decide, after weighing the evidence, whether or not the person under investigation has on the balance of probabilities done what they were alleged to have done, and then to decide, as a consequence, whether or not the person has breached a particular element or elements of the Code.

Fact sheet: Imposing a sanction

Fact sheet
Once a determination has been made that an employee has breached the APS Code of Conduct (Code), the next stage in the misconduct process is the consideration of an appropriate sanction.

Handling Misconduct - A human resource manager’s guide

Circulars, Guidance, and Advice
The guide has been revised and updated to ensure it continues to meet the needs of Australian Public Service (APS) agencies and support the institutional integrity of the APS as a whole.

Circular 2022/3: Probation

Circulars, Guidance, and Advice
This Circular is to inform Agency Heads of their obligations on the use of probation for employees engaged into the Australian Public Service (APS).

Circular 2022/2: Commencement of the Australian Public Service Commissioner’s Directions 2022

Circulars, Guidance, and Advice
This circular is to advise APS agencies that the new Australian Public Service Commissioner's Directions 2022 have been made.

Circular 2022/1: COVID-19 leave arrangements

Circulars, Guidance, and Advice
The purpose of this circular is to guide agency decision-making around attendance at work, accessibility of leave conditions and other flexible working arrangements to support APS employees in the management of COVID-19 while delivering essential services to the community.

Review of the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973 commences

Media releases and statements
Today, the Australian Public Service Commissioner, Mr Peter Woolcott AO, announced the commencement of a review of the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973 (Maternity Leave Act).