Guidelines for Making a Submission - Existing Holders of
Public Office
Disclosure of Information
The Remuneration Tribunal
(the Tribunal) is
subject to the
Freedom of
Information Act 1982, (the Act) and, as such, submissions made to
the Tribunal may be accessed under the Act. However, certain
information may be exempt from disclosure.
Where you
believe that access to the information or documents would:
- be an
unreasonable disclosure of your or another's personal information (see
section 41 of the Act); or
- adversely
affect your or others business affairs (see section 43 of the Act); or
- would breach
confidentiality (see section 45 of the Act)
when lodging
your submission you should
mark the document(s) and advise us which part(s) of the submission you
consider to be personal information, information regarding your business
affairs or information which is confidential to you or your organisation and
is being provided to the Tribunal "in confidence". You must do this by
clearly marking those parts of the documents at the time of delivery so that
the Tribunal can take this into account if requests for access are made.
If a request is
received under the Act for the release of documents or parts of documents
which you have marked as mentioned above, you will be consulted prior to a
decision being made on access.
It should be
noted that even if documents are marked as confidential that does not
conclude the matter. Documents may be released ultimately following
departmental, Administrative Appeals Tribunal or Federal Court
consideration.
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Guidelines for
making a submission to the Remuneration Tribunal - Existing Holders of Public Office
The following
information is provided to assist agencies in the preparation of submissions
to the Remuneration Tribunal (the Tribunal) for a review of the level of remuneration for
existing holders of public office.
Submissions should be sent to:
The President
Remuneration Tribunal
P.O. Box 281
Civic Square ACT 2608
submissions@remtribunal.gov.au
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Content of Submission
Submissions should provide a sound case for
regrading/reclassification and cover issues including but not necessarily
limited to:
- changes in workload and/or working arrangements (for example, a change
from part-time to full time office);
- changes to payment arrangements (for example, daily fees are converted
to an annual amount);
- changes to relevant legislative provisions;
- changes to the main functions, responsibilities or accountability
structures;
- name of the office holder and details of appointment;
- status of office (if vacant, is level of remuneration a contributing
factor to recruitment of suitable candidates; if occupied, details of the
term of appointment);
- organisational change (eg core business, budget, staffing levels,
corporate structure and reporting arrangements);
- in the case of boards and committees, changes to the terms of
reference, membership, number of meetings per month or year or changes to
sub-committee structures;
- changes to requisite characteristics, skills or qualifications
required of the office holder;
- comparisons with the remuneration of other, similar Commonwealth,
State or private sector positions and a recommendation of an increase or
revised level of remuneration, daily fee or travelling allowance (in-line
with broader employment relations policy and practice, arguments of
comparative wage justice may not be recognised as legitimate grounds for
review, whereas demonstration of productivity gains and/or improved and
more efficient work practices have a greater chance of recognition);
- name, telephone, e-mail, and fax numbers of a contact officer who can
assist the Tribunal Secretariat with further information or discussion
should it be required;
- Evidence of support from a Minister (and/or Board as appropriate) will
assist the Tribunal in considering submissions.
Appearances before the Tribunal
Submissions should indicate whether an appearance before the Tribunal
is sought. The Tribunal may request an appearance, but usually this is not
the case.
Confidentiality
Please note the statement at the beginning of this section about the Act
and its application to Tribunal documents.
The Tribunal Secretariat should be advised when a matter has yet to be
fully considered by the Government and/or if it has not been publicly
announced.
Timing and Decisions
The Tribunal generally meets once every two months. The date for the
next meeting can be provided by the Tribunal Secretariat on (02) 6121 7965.
Once a decision is made, the Secretariat will advise the contact officer
by telephone. Generally written advice of a Tribunal decision will be
received within two weeks from the date of the last meeting.
Where the Tribunal's decision results in the need for a determination to
be issued, it is sent to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
for tabling in the Parliament. A copy of the determination is sent to the
Portfolio Minister for information and copies are also sent to the office
holder and nominated contact officer.
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