Captain Sharkey
07-18-2008, 06:34 AM
So they can dispense with the farce of interviews, and just cherry-pick the golliwogs they want for various positions directly from their little list, that's the idea.
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Public servants may have to divulge religion and ethnicity
John Masanauskas
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24035840-2862,00.html
July 18, 2008 12:00am
VICTORIAN public servants may have to divulge personal information about their religion and ethnicity under a move to crack down on workplace discrimination.
And businesses could be asked to help fund a campaign encouraging employers to adopt culturally inclusive workplaces.
The recommendations come from a State Government report that has found ongoing racial and religious discrimination at work.
The report, to be released today, calls for the state's anti-discrimination watchdog to be given power to launch its own investigations and to seek orders through the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Currently, the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission can act only if a complaint has been lodged with the organisation.
The report, Harnessing Diversity: Addressing Racial and Religious Discrimination in Employment, says research showed that people with non-Anglo-Saxon names often missed out on jobs because of their backgrounds.
"In Victoria, the research found that those with Vietnamese and Greek-sounding names had significantly less success in gaining job interviews than those with Anglo-Saxon names, despite the details in the applications being identical," it says.
The report recommends that twice a year, the Victorian public sector collect employee data on country of birth, ancestry, religion and languages spoken at home.
"The information reported to be used to identify major improvements and initiatives that promote multiculturalism or that meet the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse communities," it says.
VEOHRC CEO Helen Szoke said yesterday that individual employees would not be singled out under the proposal.
"It means, of course, that issues around privacy or . . . Big Brother have to be addressed," Dr Szoke said.
She said a social marketing campaign, similar to the WorkSafe ads, would promote diversity at work.
"It reinforces good attitudes and it makes it much more difficult for people to be discriminatory in that environment," Dr Szoke said.
The report is a collaboration between VEOHRC and the Victorian Multicultural Commission.
Attorney-General Rob Hulls is considering changes to beef up the state's equal opportunity laws.
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Public servants may have to divulge religion and ethnicity
John Masanauskas
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24035840-2862,00.html
July 18, 2008 12:00am
VICTORIAN public servants may have to divulge personal information about their religion and ethnicity under a move to crack down on workplace discrimination.
And businesses could be asked to help fund a campaign encouraging employers to adopt culturally inclusive workplaces.
The recommendations come from a State Government report that has found ongoing racial and religious discrimination at work.
The report, to be released today, calls for the state's anti-discrimination watchdog to be given power to launch its own investigations and to seek orders through the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Currently, the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission can act only if a complaint has been lodged with the organisation.
The report, Harnessing Diversity: Addressing Racial and Religious Discrimination in Employment, says research showed that people with non-Anglo-Saxon names often missed out on jobs because of their backgrounds.
"In Victoria, the research found that those with Vietnamese and Greek-sounding names had significantly less success in gaining job interviews than those with Anglo-Saxon names, despite the details in the applications being identical," it says.
The report recommends that twice a year, the Victorian public sector collect employee data on country of birth, ancestry, religion and languages spoken at home.
"The information reported to be used to identify major improvements and initiatives that promote multiculturalism or that meet the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse communities," it says.
VEOHRC CEO Helen Szoke said yesterday that individual employees would not be singled out under the proposal.
"It means, of course, that issues around privacy or . . . Big Brother have to be addressed," Dr Szoke said.
She said a social marketing campaign, similar to the WorkSafe ads, would promote diversity at work.
"It reinforces good attitudes and it makes it much more difficult for people to be discriminatory in that environment," Dr Szoke said.
The report is a collaboration between VEOHRC and the Victorian Multicultural Commission.
Attorney-General Rob Hulls is considering changes to beef up the state's equal opportunity laws.