Equal Employment Opportunity in Australia: A Practitioner's Perspective

Abstract

New South Wales (NSW) was the first state in Australia to introduce a legislative requirement to undertake affirmative action for members of particular target groups in order to achieve equality of opportunity in employment. This requirement was introduced in 1980 as an amendment to the NSW Anti‐ Discrimination Act 1977. Referred to as Part IXa, the amendment required all public service departments and statutory authorities to produce an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Management Plan, setting out strategies by which EEO could be achieved for target group members, and to report annually to the Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment (DEOPE) on progress made towards this goal.

Citation

Wieneke, C. (1991), "Equal Employment Opportunity in Australia: A Practitioner's Perspective", Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb010535