Employers considering applying for an exemption will also need to factor in the time it will take for an exemption application to be processed and finalised. This may be an issue if the employer needs to fill a vacancy by a certain date. For more information about the process of seeking, and likelihood of obtaining, an exemption for a targeted recruitment strategy in a particular jurisdiction, please contact the relevant discrimination or equal opportunity authority (details are in the following section). Contact for more information If you have any questions about planning and implementing a targeted recruitment strategy so that it meets the criteria for a special measure, please contact the Australian Human Rights Commission and/or the discrimination/equal opportunity authority in the jurisdiction in which you wish to conduct the recruitment: Jurisdiction Law Agency Contact details Cth Racial Australian Human Act 1975 (Cth) Rights Commission ACT Discrimination Act 1991 ACT Human Rights (ACT) Commission NSW Anti-Discrimination Act Anti-Discrimination 1977 (NSW) Board NSW NT Anti-Discrimination Act NT Anti-Discrimination (NT) Commission 1996 Qld Anti-Discrimination Act Anti-Discrimination 1991 (Qld) Commission Queensland SA Equal Opportunity Act South Australian Equal 1984 (SA) Opportunity Commission Tas Anti-Discrimination Act Office of the 1998 (Tas) Commissioner (Tasmania) Vic Equal Opportunity Act Victorian Equal 2010 (Vic) Opportunity & Human Rights Commission WA Equal Opportunity Act Western Australian 1984 (WA) Equal Opportunity Commission
Employers considering applying for an exemption will also need to factor in the time it will take for an exemption application to be processed and finalised. This may be an issue if the employer needs to fill a vacancy by a certain date. For more information about the process of seeking, and likelihood of obtaining, an exemption for a targeted recruitment strategy in a particular jurisdiction, please contact the relevant discrimination or equal opportunity authority (details are in the following section). Contact for more information If you have any questions about planning and implementing a targeted recruitment strategy so that it meets the criteria for a special measure, please contact the Australian Human Rights Commission and/or the discrimination/equal opportunity authority in the jurisdiction in which you wish to conduct the recruitment: Jurisdiction Law Agency Contact details Cth Racial Act 1975 (Cth) Australian Human Rights Commission ACT Discrimination Act 1991 (ACT) ACT Human Rights Commission NSW Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) Anti-Discrimination Board NSW NT Anti-Discrimination Act 1996 (NT) NT Anti-Discrimination Commission Qld Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland SA Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (SA) South Australian Equal Opportunity Commission Tas Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 (Tas) Office of the Commissioner (Tasmania) Vic Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic) Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission WA Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (WA) Western Australian Equal Opportunity Commission
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