New evidence provided by applicant

An APS employee was found to have breached the Code of Conduct for falsely claiming hours worked over an extensive period.

As part of the review process the applicant provided the MPC with various records and details in support of their application. Those records conflicted with the agency's own calculation of the hours it said had been falsely claimed as work time.

For example, the employee was able to present diary records and records relating to time taken to obtain COVID-19 vaccinations (which employees were permitted to receive during work hours).

The additional information provided by the employee reduced the total time the agency found had been falsely claimed. It also raised considerable doubt about the reliability of the agency’s method of calculating hours claimed but not worked. We recommended the decision that the employee had failed to act with integrity be set aside.