Active staff are people who were employed and paid for the last full pay period in June, as defined in Financial Reporting Direction 29.
Included are:
Excluded are:
Annual changes are based on the last full pay period in June of the report year and of the previous year.
The following terms refer to the substantive employment classifications of staff included in the measures provided.
When the term ‘All classifications’ is used the measure includes all public service staff, including:
This grouping is used in the Demographic and Renewal Indicators report.
When the term ‘VPS classified staff’ is used the measure only includes:
The measure will not include staff from any of the other classifications.
This grouping is used in the Demographic and Renewal Indicators and Leave Management Indicators reports.
When the term ‘VPS grade staff’ is used the measure only includes:
The measure will not include staff from any of the other classifications.
This grouping is used in the Staffing and Cost Structure report.
Executives are senior managers and leaders in the Victorian public service who are employed on an executive contract of up to five years in duration. Department Secretaries are included and executives are generally presented as ongoing employees.
Exceptions are where an executive is employed in a time limited role and accordingly reported as fixed term in the annual workforce data collection.
Unless specified to the contrary, all figures include executives.
The following terms identify whether employees with specific employment arrangements are included or excluded from the measures provided.
Ongoing staff means those people whose period of employment is not limited by a specified end date.
Fixed term staff are people who are employed for a specified period e.g. a six month contract.
People seconded to your organisation (e.g. from other departments or agencies) are included in your fixed term figures.
Casual staff are typically employed on an hourly or sessional basis. Such employees may be rostered to work regularly or engaged to work on an ‘as and when required’ basis.
Only casual employees who were employed and paid for the last full pay period in June are included in the report.
Casuals can be employed on either a full time or part time basis.
Casuals are not included in all measures, for example: