AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ON WOMEN TRUCK DRIVERS

February 12, 2024 Public Service Announcement.

The Queensland Trucking Association points us in the direction of a recent initiative to allow affirmative action on women truck drivers, which may prove to be a model for others to follow. 

According to the QTA, the Ipswich City Council sought an exemption under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (QLD) from the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) that would allow them to target women in their attempts to hire Waste Services Truck Drivers and assist them in gaining their Heavy Rigid (HR) licences. 

“Given the under-representation of women within trucking and the socio-economic factors that have historically prevented progress in this area, the granting of the exemption provides a pathway for other members to close the gap,” said the QTA Newsletter.

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