Employee Performance and Development policy - Policies

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1. Policy statement

The performance of all Department employees is managed and developed in accordance with the requirements of governing legislation, intended outcomes of the Department’s strategic directions and the specific role of each employee.

2. Policy rules

Principals, line managers and authorised performance managers will conduct employee performance and development in accordance with the requirements of:

section 29(1)(i) and (ja) of the Public Sector Management Act 1994
the Performance Management Standard
industrial instruments (awards and agreements) or job description forms
the State Records Act 2000 and the Department’s Recordkeeping plan (staff only).

Employees will participate in a performance and development process consistent with the Performance Management Standard and the Employee Performance and Development procedures.

Principals, line managers and authorised performance managers will manage substandard performance in accordance with section 79 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 for staff subject to that section of the Act, the common law for wages employees, and the Substandard Performance procedures.

3. Responsibility for implementation and compliance

Principals, line managers and authorised performance managers are responsible for implementation of the policy.

The Executive Director, People Services is responsible for compliance monitoring.

4. Scope

This policy applies to all employees.

5. Supporting procedures

Employee Performance and Development procedures

Substandard Performance procedures

6. Definitions

Authorised performance manager

A person who has been delegated responsibility for the performance management of a specific employee by that employee’s line manager or by a superordinate.

Line manager

The position to whom the employee reports.

Performance and development

The formal and informal continuous process of evaluating, developing and supporting an employee’s performance in the workplace.

Performance management standard

As defined by the Public Sector Commission:

Outcome: The performance of all employees is fairly assessed to achieve the work- related requirements of the public sector body while paying proper regard to employee interests.

Standard: The minimum standard of merit, equity and probity is met for performance management if:

an employee is informed about how their performance will be managed and the results of their performance assessment
a proper assessment of the employee’s performance takes into account both the work-related requirements of the job and identified employee interests
processes, decisions and actions are impartial, transparent and capable of review.

7. Related documents

Relevant legislation or authority

Commissioner's Instruction 40: E thical Foundations

Equal Opportunity Act 1984

Freedom of Information Act 1992

Industrial Relations Act 1979

Public Sector Management Act 1994

State Records Act 2000

Teacher Registration Act 2012

Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA)

Related Department policies

Bullying in the Workplace policy

Complaints and Notifications policy

Managing a Breach of Public Section Standard Claims policy

Records Management policy

Staff Conduct and Discipline policy

8. Contact information

Policy manager:

Director, Industrial and Employee Relations

Policy contact officer:

Manager, Employee Relations

Telephone: (08) 9264 4921 (option 2)

9. History of changes

Effective date	Last update date	Policy version no.
21 July 2010	5 July 2012	1.2
Guidelines in section 4.2 amended to reflect changes to School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement as per D12/0372966, nomenclature throughout policy updated, definition of performance management updated.
28 September 2012		1.3
Changes to reflect the National Professional Standards for Teachers. Changes endorsed by Corporate Executive at meeting 7 September 2012.
28 September 2012	11 July 2013	1.3
Amendment of references to National Professional Standards for Teachers to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. D13/0098087 Amendment to references to documents as per D13/0222254.
28 September 2012	23 August 2013	1.3
Updated link to Australian Professional Standard for Teachers in Appendix A. D13/0394461
17 December 2013		1.4
Addition of procedure at section 4.2 and Appendix C. Changes endorsed by Corporate Executive 2 December 2013.
17 December 2013	19 December 2013	1.4
Addition of point about leave management to Appendix A, Section 3. D13/0666788
17 December 2013	27 February 2014	1.5
Minor change to formatting in Appendix C. D14/0061908
28 July 2014		1.6
Numerous changes throughout policy D14/0259580, D14/0323911 and D14/0369019.
28 July 2014		1.7
Appendix B updated to reflect v1.6 changes prior to policy taking effect.
28 July 2014	12 September 2014	1.8
Update to guidance re: professional development and career guidance in section 4.2. D14/0434228.
28 July 2014	1 December 2014	1.9
Minor changes to guidance and appendix C. D14/0527043.
15 March 2016		2.0
Major review undertaken and policy reformatted into policy and procedures. Endorsed by the Director General at Corporate Executive on 12 February 2016.
15 March 2016	25 May 2020	2.1
Minor changes to update broken links. D20/0260934
17 February 2026		3.0
Major review to comply with the Department Code of Conduct and the Work Health Safety policy. Clarification of annual performance & development cycle. Performance expectation for all employee groups. Consistent formatting of procedures for each employee group. Approval (1) D25/0574867 Approval (2) new changes D26/0111791