Re: [NSW] CityRail Guard

["Dave Proctor" <thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au>]

David Johnson wrote in message <38689B31.8923E589@ozemail.com.au>...
>Russell Norton wrote:
>
>>     Bob Horgan wrote in message <386722D6.EC08728C@idx.com.au>...
>>     Fist of all you need to be a Female, you need to wait for the next
>> recruitment day at the City Rail College in Petersham. Good luck friend,
I
>> have had my application in for more than six months and plenty of Females
>> have manged to come in before me and plenty more will.Im not sexist but
the
>> City Rail policy for employing female train guards is.
>>
>>     It is illegal for any Australian company to discriminate against
people
>> due to age, gender, sexual preference etc. etc. etc.
>>     Whilst CityRail can actively encourage people of a particular gender
to
>> apply for certain positions, they cannot legally exclude a more suitably
>> qualified candidate of the other gender.
>>
>>     If you can PROVE a less suitable candidate acquired a position over
you,
>> purely because of their gender, you could instigate legal action and
receive
>> compensation, the job, or both.
>>
>>     However, it can be difficult to prove a case of discrimination, as
the
>> company can say you were unsuitable due to attitude etc. I suggest you
>> obtain legal advice re possible breaches of CityRail's own EEO policy.
>
>CityRail has an exemption.

Awwwwww! And I went to all the trouble to compose a Rod Speed style response
to that post, and you come back with a single line?

<sulks>

Dave