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Annual Report 2005-2006 - Waverley Council

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106<br />

<strong>Waverley</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />

Meeting Our Statutory Requirements<br />

Human Resource Activities undertaken by <strong>Council</strong> during <strong>2005</strong>/<strong>2006</strong> (continued)<br />

b) Enhancing Understanding of EEO & Discrimination Issues<br />

In <strong>2005</strong>/<strong>2006</strong> the following actions were undertaken to ensure that managers/supervisors and staff<br />

understand what implementation of EEO means in day to day work.<br />

Strategy Progress<br />

To ensure that all new staff attend<br />

EEO Awareness Training.<br />

Regular articles in Pipeline to provide<br />

information on EEO and<br />

discrimination issues.<br />

To provide <strong>Council</strong> Induction<br />

Programs on a regular basis for all<br />

new staff, providing information on<br />

employment conditions and other<br />

important issues.<br />

To conduct training & development<br />

programs that incorporate EEO<br />

issues, where appropriate.<br />

All staff to undergo Ethics refresher<br />

training within three years.<br />

All new staff are enrolled in mandatory EEO training when the<br />

next available course is run.<br />

Ongoing. Articles included Training and Development<br />

activities, Workplace Surveillance<br />

<strong>Council</strong> Inductions, which included EEO issues, were<br />

conducted in June & November <strong>2005</strong> and February & May<br />

<strong>2006</strong>.<br />

Reviews have been completed prior to training. Contract<br />

Trainers have been provided with feedback on EEO issues.<br />

On line learning and testing module for ethics introduced.<br />

c) Supporting the Implementation of EEO in the Workplace<br />

To support the EEO implementation the following initiatives were implemented/reviewed:<br />

Strategy Progress<br />

Staff Adviser Network<br />

HR Officer to run quarterly meetings for skill Meetings held quarterly<br />

development and feedback for Staff Adviser<br />

Network.<br />

To provide confidential support from HR&OD.<br />

Position Descriptions<br />

All position descriptions and selection criteria to Ongoing<br />

be reviewed prior to advertising to ensure they<br />

comply with EEO principles and are nondiscriminatory.<br />

HR&OD available for discussion & support<br />

d) EEO <strong>Report</strong>ing & Access to Employment & Conditions<br />

To effectively monitor EEO implementation we need to ensure that access to conditions of<br />

employment across <strong>Council</strong> is equitable.<br />

Strategy Progress<br />

Recording EEO group membership in CHRIS<br />

All EEO data for staff is recorded in CHRIS,<br />

when provided by staff. Ongoing<br />

<strong>Report</strong>ing on <strong>Council</strong>’s Employment Profile Data indicated:<br />

22.1% of all staff are women working on a full-time<br />

basis.<br />

The highest % of women are in 25-34yr & 45-54yr<br />

age groups.<br />

61.7% of women earn between $42,674 & $60,148<br />

per annum.<br />

<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2005</strong>//<strong>2006</strong>

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