October Business Month - WorkShops

The Anti-Discrimination Commission if offering a workshop as part of the October Business Month "Advance your Business Opportunities" events.

There are four Key Topic areas with one of them being 'Recruitment and Retention'. The ADC, in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce, is offering a workshop under this section.

'Catch and Keep with Reward and Respect' is a free two hour workshop to be held on Tuesday 14 October from 5.00-7.00 PM at the Chamber of Commerce premises.

'Increase productivity, staff morale and reduce turnover. Spend less time dealing with complaints and more time on your business. Understand the reasonable steps taken to create a discrimination and harassment free workplace'.

Join us for this interesting program. To register call Karyn Jessop on 8999 1461 or email Karyn.Jessop@nt.gov.au.

JANE did not like the way that her supervisor Frank spoke to her. The Boss, Malcolm was a nice guy, but Frank kept asking her whether she had a boyfriend, what she did after work and what clothes she wore out. Jane did not know what to do about Frank. She was beginning to think she should just quit ...

BOB was angry. He had not given the guy called Robert a job with his building company because he had no experience, not because he was 55 years old. Now the guy was saying it was age discrimination and he was going to sue Bob ...

ARTHUR thought it odd that the car yard had said that finance would not be a problem when he had phoned up about the car, but said there might be problems once he went down there. He had told them what he did and how much he earned. Of course they could not see he was Aboriginal on the phone ...

The Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission helps people like Jane, Bob and Arthur. It also helps people like Malcolm and Robert. The NT Anti-Discrimination Commission is an independent, impartial body that investigates and helps resolve complaints about discrimination and harassment.

The Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission also provides training and education about Anti-Discrimination and Diversity policies to businesses, government departments, schools and individuals. This web site tells you more about the Anti-Discrimination Commission, what it does, and how it does it. If you want to know more, browse on or contact us directly.

A text-only version of this site is also available.

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