Equality of employment opportunity principle
5E Equality of employment opportunity principle
(1) The equality of employment opportunity principle is that human resource management in the Public Sector must be directed towards the following:
(a) ensuring all persons have equal opportunity to compete for employment, promotion and transfer, and to pursue careers, within the Public Sector;
(b) eliminating unlawful discrimination from human resource management in the Public Sector;
(c) promoting diversity among employees reflective of the diversity of persons in the community.
In this section:
unlawful discrimination means discrimination that is unlawful under the Anti‑Discrimination Act 1992.
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