Australian National University Enterprise Agreement 2003-2006
Part Three — Employment Conditions | Section 5 — Other Conditions
46. Indigenous Australians
46.1 The parties are committed to implementing the University's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Strategy consistent with the operational needs of the University. The objectives of that strategy are to:
46.1(a) maximise staff development along with the transfer of job skills and information in order to increase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff's knowledge, independence, remuneration, job security and self-sufficiency;
46.1(b) encourage and foster the employment and participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders at all levels of work activity within the University;
46.1(c) facilitate and encourage the direct involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff in determining career strategies, goals and objectives; and
46.1(d) achieve, by 31 December 2012, an employment target of 2.2 per cent of the ANU workforce (currently 68 FTE approx.) of staff who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
46.2 In pursuing these objectives the parties will:
46.2(a) respect and consider the cultural, social and religious systems practiced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians;
46.2(b) support participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in activities of a cultural or ceremonial nature, recognising that the provision of paid leave for such purposes has a direct impact on the effectiveness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as employees and is therefore of direct benefit to the University; and
46.2(c) recognise that the general working environment requires the redress of past social injustice, exploitation and Indigenous employment inequities.
46.2(d) establish an advisory network, which may include representatives of the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and University staff members with human resources expertise, to:
46.2(d)(i) provide advice and ongoing support to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Coordinator in relation to the objectives provided for in sub-clause 46.1; and,
46.2(d)(ii) assist the University in the development of employment initiatives.
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