Commissioner of Equal Employment Opportunities - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 31 Oct 2022 01:45:06 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Commissioner of Equal Employment Opportunities - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 'Basic racism': Pacific workers struggle to get training and promotions https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/08/26/racism-pacific-workers-training-promotions/ Thu, 26 Aug 2021 07:54:46 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=139735 Pacific workers want to get ahead, but many find they are stuck in a narrow range of jobs because employers keep "the brown ones on the floor", says the employment rights watchdog. Commissioner of Equal Employment Opportunities Saunoamaali'i Dr Karanina Sumeo​ has launched an inquiry into Pacific people, New Zealand's lowest paid workers. The scope Read more

‘Basic racism': Pacific workers struggle to get training and promotions... Read more]]> Pacific workers want to get ahead, but many find they are stuck in a narrow range of jobs because employers keep "the brown ones on the floor", says the employment rights watchdog.

Commissioner of Equal Employment Opportunities Saunoamaali'i Dr Karanina Sumeo​ has launched an inquiry into Pacific people, New Zealand's lowest paid workers. The scope of the inquiry has been decided, and she will release her report in April or May next year.

Pacific workers were not put forward for training and promotions, and did not report workplace discrimination because of fears of reprisal, Sumeo said. Read more

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