Employee compliance

Council employees and volunteers are required by law to adhere to employee compliance measures, which are in place to ensure an ethical and regulated workplace.

Council employees are required by law to refuse any gift or benefit for several reasons. Where a gift or benefit is permitted to be accepted by an employee it will need to be recorded in the Council's Employee Gifts and Benefits Register.

Council employees are required by law to refuse any gift or benefit if:

• It is given in an attempt to influence, or
• If receiving it would, in the mind of a reasonable person, be perceived that it would prevent the receiver’s ability to act impartially.

This is regulated under the Local Government Act 1999 and is supported by the Code of Conduct for Employees, which provides guidelines on receiving gifts and benefits while representing Council.

When carrying out their roles, employees and volunteers are required to comply with the rules and standards set out in the relative Code of Conduct.

Failure to comply with the Code of Conduct for Employees can have serious consequences. If you think there has been a breach of a Code of Conduct, you may make a complaint following the procedures set out in the relevant Code.

We have procedures that set out how complaints of alleged breaches of a Code of Conduct may be dealt with in our Complaint Handling Process.