This appendix includes information about the department's staff employed as at 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2021. Information includes numbers of employees by classification level, full-time and part-time status, gender and employee location as well as employment statistics of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It includes information related to our employment arrangements, turnover, remuneration and other staff non-salary benefits.

The following 4 tables provide information on the total number of ongoing and non-ongoing employees by location of employment as at 30 June 2021 and 30 June 2020.

The following 4 tables provide information on the total number of ongoing and non-ongoing employees by classification level as at 30 June 2021 and 30 June 2020.

The following 2 tables provide information on the total number of full- and part-time employment status employees as at 30 June 2021 and 30 June 2020.

The following 2 tables provide information on the total number employees by location of employment as at 30 June 2021 and 30 June 2020.

The following table provides information on the total number of employees from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander backgrounds as at 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2021.

Employee turnover

For 2020–21, our ongoing staff separation rate was 15%. The rate includes all separations for ongoing employees and consists of terminations, redundancies, resignations, retirements and movements to another agency. It does not include machinery-of-government transfers.

Employment arrangements of SES and non-SES employees

The Public Service Act 1999 employment arrangements for the reporting period 2020–21 are provided in the following table.

Employee remuneration

Salary ranges related to employment classification, consistent with the relevant schedule of the AGD Enterprise Agreement for non-SES employees or under the subsection 24(1) Determinations for SES employees are provided in the following table.

Non-salary benefits

The AGS Group meets the costs of membership of professional associations for certain employees, particularly in respect of Practising Certificates where this supports the employee’s capacity to perform their required functions and duties.

All employees are eligible to participate in salary sacrificing arrangements for non-salary benefits such as novated car lease vehicles and additional employer superannuation.

Disclosure of executive remuneration policies and practices

The Secretary sets and maintains executive remuneration including for SES within the AGS Group. The Secretary’s remuneration is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal (Departmental Secretaries – Classification Structure and Terms and Conditions) Determination 2020.

The Secretary has established an SES Remuneration Policy for SES employees of policy groups and the Enabling Services Group. For SES employed in the AGS Group, governance arrangements are principally managed through the AGS Remuneration Committee chaired by the Australian Government Solicitor.

SES remuneration arrangements are managed in accordance with the APS Executive Remuneration Management policy and the Workplace Bargaining Policy 2020.

The next 3 tables provide information about remuneration for key management personnel, senior executives and highly paid staff.

SES remuneration

Remuneration for SES employees is established through collective and individual determinations made under subsection 24(1) of the Public Service Act 1999. The 2 collective determinations cover SES employees in AGS Group and SES employees in the department’s policy groups and Enabling Services Group, respectively. One SES employee is also covered by an individual subsection 24(1) determination that operates in conjunction with the relevant collective determination to provide for additional employment conditions associated with international deployment.

Salary levels for SES employees are generally set at rates within a salary band applicable to each SES classification. At 30 June 2021, there were 176 SES employees covered by the collective subsection 24(1) determinations.

A stay on increases in remuneration for SES employees was in place for most of 2020–21 and this was lifted on 25 June 2021.