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The Varied Australian National University Enterprise Agreement 2005-2008

Part One – Operation of agreement

8.   Indigenous employment

8.1 The University is committed to implementing the University’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Strategy consistent with its operational needs.  The objectives of that strategy are to recognise that the general working environment requires the redress of past social injustice, exploitation and Indigenous employment inequities and seeks to:

  • 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;

  • encourage and foster the employment and participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders at all levels of work activity within the University;

  • facilitate and encourage the direct involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff in determining career strategies, goals and objectives; and

  • achieve, by 31 December 2012, a percentage of the workforce at the University who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander that is reflective of the national Indigenous population (currently 2.2 per cent).

8.2 In pursuing these objectives and in employment matters pertaining to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders generally, the University will:

  • respect and consider the cultural, social and religious systems practiced;

  • support participation 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 people as employees and is therefore of direct benefit to the University; and

  • establish an advisory network, which may include representatives of the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and University staff members, including those with human resources expertise, to provide advice and ongoing support to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Coordinator in relation to the objectives provided for in 8.1 and to assist the University in the development of employment initiatives. 

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