Criminal Charges Unrelated to Employment Departmental employees must immediately advise their Executive Level manager, or higher, in writing, if they are required to appear in a court of law as a result of being charged with a criminal offence in their private capacity as a result of any non work related issues. The employee’s manager must then advise the WBCU of the employee’s criminal charges and their appearance in a court of law without delay. The WBCU will follow the procedures outlined in the Procedures for Suspected Breaches of the APS Code of Conduct to determine whether the employee may have potentially breached the APS Code of Conduct and if so, whether a formal misconduct process may be required. Need More Advice? More advice concerning these procedures and other workplace conflict and ethical dilemma situations can be obtained by contacting the Workplace Behaviour and Conduct Unit on: their Hotline number: (02) 6274 1116 via email at: behaviourandconduct@environment.gov.au or by normal mail marked and Confidential’ addressed to: ‘Private Workplace Behaviour and Conduct Unit GPO Box 787 Canberra ACT 2601 These procedures for dealing with allegations of Fraud and/or other conduct in potential contravention of criminal law by an employee in connection with their APS employment have been established by me in accordance with the statutory requirements as contained within the All employees are required to comply with this policy. ‘. Malcolm Thompson Acting Secretary Department of the Environment January 2014 Revision History Date Version Description Approved 10.12.2010 1.0 Document Creation and Draft Carl Murphy for consultation 21.03.2011 2.0 Draft for DCC consultation Carl Murphy 18.04.2011 3.0 Intranet Draft for all staff Carl Murphy consultation
Criminal Charges Unrelated to Employment Departmental employees must immediately advise their Executive Level manager, or higher, in writing, if they are required to appear in a court of law as a result of being charged with a criminal offence in their private capacity as a result of any non work related issues. The employee’s manager must then advise the WBCU of the employee’s criminal charges and their appearance in a court of law without delay. The WBCU will follow the procedures outlined in the Procedures for Suspected Breaches of the APS Code of Conduct to determine whether the employee may have potentially breached the APS Code of Conduct and if so, whether a formal misconduct process may be required. Need More Advice? More advice concerning these procedures and other workplace conflict and ethical dilemma situations can be obtained by contacting the Workplace Behaviour and Conduct Unit on: their Hotline number: (02) 6274 1116 via email at: behaviourandconduct@environment.gov.au or by normal mail marked ‘Private and Confidential’ addressed to: Workplace Behaviour and Conduct Unit GPO Box 787 Canberra ACT 2601 These procedures for dealing with allegations of Fraud and/or other conduct in potential contravention of criminal law by an employee in connection with their APS employment have been established by me in accordance with the statutory requirements as contained within the ‘. All employees are required to comply with this policy. Malcolm Thompson Acting Secretary Department of the Environment January 2014 Revision History Date Version Description Approved 10.12.2010 1.0 Document Creation and Draft for consultation Carl Murphy 21.03.2011 2.0 Draft for DCC consultation Carl Murphy 18.04.2011 3.0 Intranet Draft for all staff consultation Carl Murphy
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