Civil Servants

13. Improper influence

Civil servants are not allowed to:

use their official positions to benefit themselves or others with whom they have personal, family, business or other ties;
seek to influence decisions on matters pertaining to their official positions except through the established procedures (for example, negotiating or grievance procedures) or in such other manner as the Secretary General or Head of Office may approve. In particular, civil servants must not use political influence to affect decisions concerning their official positions. The normal Conciliation and Arbitration and other industrial relations issues apart, civil servants are not allowed to solicit, directly or indirectly, for personal concessions in their favour. Any breach of these rules may render a civil servant liable to disciplinary action.