Good employer
Our 2018/19 activities this year are summarised against the seven good-employer key elements:
Leadership, accountability and culture
• Asia Pacific Forum high-level dialogue undertaken by Commissioners and management team on
institutional accountability and effective strategies
• Three workshops provided to management team on ‘soft skills’ training
• Governance training undertaken by Commissioners and management team
• An all-staff hui on our strategic planning
• Continuing work on our Treaty-based cultural capability programme and our aim to be a Treaty-based
organisation and a human rights exemplar
• Stronger leadership accountabilities strengthened through a focus on our new strategic priorities
Recruitment, selection and induction
• New recruitment guidelines developed to ensure that all legal, contractual and policy considerations for
recruitment are met
• Working towards incorporating an accessibility charter into the recruitment and appointments process
• Continuous improvement process to the induction programme to support new staff and Commissioners
Remuneration, recognition and conditions
• Ongoing staff-recognition programme acknowledging individual contributions
• Annual remuneration review for 2018/19 has now enabled all eligible staff to move into a zone that is
within 3 percent of the mid-point
• We continue to maintain a strong working partnership with the PSA
Flexibility and work design
• Organisation-wide flexible work design
• New flexible work policy under development
• Business continuity plan updated
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