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Annual Report 2002–03 You are currently viewing: Annual
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Management and accountabilityCommonwealth Disability StrategyAll of the department's employment policies continued to comply with the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992. During 2002–03, the department developed or reviewed the following employment policies, in keeping with the principles of the Act: the policy governing our six-monthly learning and development programs, the workplace diversity plan, the guide to the filling of vacancies, the Clerk's Statement of Skills, and the Leadership Statement. The department's certified agreements and all AWAs in place during 2002–03 contained clauses to allow staff with disabilities to lodge complaints or grievances about any matters affecting their employment. These processes were the same for all staff members. There were no complaints or grievances from staff with disabilities regarding employment practices in 2002–03. Recruitment information was made available to potential job applicants in formats that are accessible to people with disabilities, as defined in the Act. These include electronic and non-electronic formats. No requests for 'accessible' formats were received during the year. No staff were recruited during the year who required the department to make 'reasonable adjustments' to the workplace or work practices to accommodate any additional needs caused by any disability. All of the department's training and development activities catered to the needs of staff with disabilities. The department did not offer any training and development programs on disability issues during the year. Discretionary grantsThe department did not administer any discretionary grants in the 2002–03 financial year. Ecologically sustainable development and environmental reportingThe department is not an agency for the purposes of section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The Joint House Department is responsible for managing the building assets of Parliament House. That department is implementing an environmental management plan, which provides a guide to environmental management improvements in Parliament House to be implemented over the three years to June 2003. The plan was developed in accordance with the principles outlined in ISO 14001 of the International Organisation for Standardisation, which deal with the preparation of environmental management systems. The Joint House Department reports on ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance matters in relation to Parliament House in its annual report. You are currently viewing: Annual
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