How is the public sector workforce supported by Government?

Public Service Commission (PSC)

The Public Service Commission (PSC) was established on 1 November 2011. The Public Service Commissioner has a range of functions that relate directly to the strategic development and management of the NSW public sector workforce.

The broad goals of the PSC are to:

• develop the capablility of the workforce through policies and frameworks in areas of recruitment, retention and culture
• set and promulgate public service standards for merit and ethics 
• understand and shape the parameters of the public service workforce of the future
• provide authoritive evidence, data and tools concerning the sector to assist agency decision making. 

Browse the links listed under the Public Service Commission section in the left hand margin to find out more. Note that information relevant to the public sector workforce will gradually be migrated to the PSC website.  

The Policy Directory

The Policy Directory is the central location for all PSC policy documents documents and those relating to the industrial relations functions previously carried out by the former Public Sector Workforce division in the DPC. The Policy Directory contains Directives, Guidelines, Bulletins and Publications and provides various search options to access documents. Note: The policy documents relating to the industrial relations function will be relocated in due course. References to the Public Sector Workforce of the Department of Premier and Cabinet in individual policy documents will be progressively updated to the PSC.

Enquiries

Human resources and industrial relations practitioners in agencies can make enquiries via email to enquiries-psc@psc.nsw.gov.au or phone to (02) 9272 6000. Any enquiry that requires advice should be lodged by email rather than phone.