Equal Employment Opportunity

Affirmative Action; Equitable (fair) policies and practices in recruitment, selection, training and promotion to ensure no bias against under-represented groups (espcially women) in the workplace. 

Designed to improve inequities in access to higher positions of employment for women and minorities.  

Legislation: Affirmative Action Act 1986 (Cwth).

The number of women in high-power roles (as executive or on Board of Directors) is relatively low, and pay and conditions for women at higher levels of businesses is substantially less than that of male counterparts. 

Purpose: To remove discriminatory employment barriers (glass ceiling) by requiring employers of over 100+ employees to design and implement an Affirmative Action program. Strategies to improve equality include developing a code of practice and holding HR accountable to the code, ensuring that HR staff have EEO training and to evaluate / audit current HR practices.