Examples Of Racial Discrimination At Work

Examples of racial discrimination at work after someone is hired concentrate in allocation, which almost nobody measures.

Who gets the client-facing projects and who gets the back-office work. Who is put in front of the board. Who is asked to act in a role when a manager is away. Who is sent to the conference. Who is invited to the informal coffee where decisions actually get shaped.

Each allocation is a small judgement, usually made quickly and on the basis of who feels like a safe pair of hands. Over two years the difference in visible experience becomes the reason one person is promotable and another is not, and by then it looks like a performance difference.

Run the report. Who has had which opportunities, over three years.

The Australian Human Rights Commission covers racial discrimination. This is general information rather than legal advice, and obligations vary by state and territory.

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