Before its repeal, the State Sector Act 1988 defined what constituted the
State sector organisations in New Zealand. It (along with accompanying
marketisation reforms) substantially reshaped the shape of the public service and to some extent its culture. It granted
ministers some role in the appointments of departmental
chief executive
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
s.
The
Public Service Association
The Public Service Association ( mi, Te PÅ«kenga Here Tikanga Mahi) or PSA is a democratic trade union
that represents over workers in the Aotearoa New Zealand public sector.
The aims of the PSA are:
* strong public and community services
* ...
view is that, "''By establishing the individual departmental chief executive as the employer, the Act set up one of the main mechanisms by which the old public service was broken up from the mid-1980s''."
References
External links
Text of the Act
Statutes of New Zealand
1988 in New Zealand law
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