South Australian Current Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 120A

120A—Behavioural standards

        (1)         A council may prepare and adopt standards (the "employee behavioural standards") that—

            (a)         specify standards of behaviour to be observed by employees of councils; and

            (b)         provide for any other matter relating to behaviour of employees of councils.

        (2)         An employee behavioural standard must not diminish a right or employment condition under an Act, award, industrial agreement or contract of employment.

        (3)         An employee of a council must comply with the council's employee behavioural standards.

        (4)         A council may from time to time alter its employee behavioural standards, or substitute new employee behavioural standards.

        (5)         Before a council—

            (a)         adopts employee behavioural standards; or

            (b)         alters, or substitutes, its employee behavioural standards,

the council must consult with any registered industrial association that represents the interests of employees of councils on the employee behavioural standards, alteration or substituted standards (as the case may be).

        (6)         A council must, within 6 months after the conclusion of each periodic election—

            (a)         in the case of a council that has employee behavioural standards in effect under this section—review the operation of the employee behavioural standards; or

            (b)         in any other case—consider whether it should adopt employee behavioural standards.