Australia: ARTC gets permission to target women for rail jobs

Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2015-09-18 01:38

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'The Australian Rail Track Corporation has been given permission to hire only women for track maintenance roles across Newcastle and the Hunter Valley.

Currently only 18 per cent of the ARTC's workforce is female and the company would like to increase that proportion to 30 per cent.

In the Hunter region, the figure is 12 per cent.

It has obtained permission from the Anti-Discrimination Board to specifically target women for some current vacancies, based in Muswellbrook, Scone, Maitland and Newcastle.

ARTC CEO John Fullerton said increasing workforce diversity is vital and will lead to greater innovation and creativity.

He said businesses like ARTC must 'lead from the front' to ensure change in what has traditionally been a male-dominated industry.'

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