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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Equal Employment Opportunities Trust chairman, Micheal Barnett, says Auckland businesses can't afford to judge people based on their ethnic origin. "Statistics show that one in ten people feel discriminated against and the majority of them say it's because of their skin colour or race. People who identify and Pacific people."
Mr people applying for a job or position. "I personally know of a woman who is a microbiologist and her husband a lawyer who came to Auckland from India under the government's skilled migrant quota - neither can get a job."
Mr Barnett says within the next five years about 50 per cent of Auckland's population is predicted to NOT be white European and that means a changing face for the workforce - be it health professionals, accountants or the manufacturing sector. "Businesses need to learn to understand different cultures economy. If work places don't embrace diversity their bottom lines will suffer as a looming shortage of staff is also predicted with the ageing workforce."
Mr Barnett is disappointed with the results of an on-line NZ Herald survey asking people if they are comfortable with Auckland's changing ethnic mix. "30 percent who responded said 'definitely not' which demonstrates a total lack across the world.
He diverse slow to appreciate the positive contribution diversity offers to the bottom line.
Mr Barnett says the EEO Trust has tools and workshops to help workplaces cultivate religions and cultures. "There's no excuse for businesses to be biased against any employee."
Equal Employment Opportunities Trust chairman, Micheal Barnett, says Auckland businesses can't afford to judge people based on their ethnic origin. "Statistics show that one in ten people feel discriminated against and the majority of them say it's because of their skin colour or race. People who...
Equal Employment Opportunities Trust chairman, Micheal Barnett, says Auckland businesses can't afford to judge people based on their ethnic origin. "Statistics show that one in ten people feel discriminated against and the majority of them say it's because of their skin colour or race. People who identify and Pacific people."
Mr people applying for a job or position. "I personally know of a woman who is a microbiologist and her husband a lawyer who came to Auckland from India under the government's skilled migrant quota - neither can get a job."
Mr Barnett says within the next five years about 50 per cent of Auckland's population is predicted to NOT be white European and that means a changing face for the workforce - be it health professionals, accountants or the manufacturing sector. "Businesses need to learn to understand different cultures economy. If work places don't embrace diversity their bottom lines will suffer as a looming shortage of staff is also predicted with the ageing workforce."
Mr Barnett is disappointed with the results of an on-line NZ Herald survey asking people if they are comfortable with Auckland's changing ethnic mix. "30 percent who responded said 'definitely not' which demonstrates a total lack across the world.
He diverse slow to appreciate the positive contribution diversity offers to the bottom line.
Mr Barnett says the EEO Trust has tools and workshops to help workplaces cultivate religions and cultures. "There's no excuse for businesses to be biased against any employee."
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