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Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993
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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.
unlawful discrimination means discrimination that is unlawful
under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1992.