People commitment
Rio Tinto Coal Australia has approximately 3000 people working across our business, 1609 in New South Wales and 1415 in Queensland. With such a large and diverse workforce, our priorities are to attract and retain a skilled workforce and provide them with outstanding career development opportunities.
Our approach
Rio Tinto Coal Australia is committed to diversity and does not discriminate on grounds of age, ethnic or social origin, gender, sexual orientation, politics or religion. Our recruitment practices support local employment wherever possible and provide our employees with an opportunity to be a part of an effective culture. We have identified four key aspects of recruiting and retaining high potential employees:
- Great workplace relationships
- Benefits for work and life
- Career development
- Rio Tinto Coal Australia's focus on safety.
All employees are subject to a code of conduct, outlining certain minimum standards against which their behaviour will be measured. In addition to the Rio Tinto Coal Australia code of conduct, we are also guided by the Rio Tinto statement of business practices, The way we work. It ensures everyone reflects in their daily work the high standards and values of Rio Tinto, including accountability, fairness, integrity and openness.
Rio Tinto Coal Australia employees also have the opportunity to further develop their skills through ongoing training. We are committed to strengthening leadership effectiveness and building organisational capability and an effective culture. To achieve this we run business, operational, and front line leadership development programmes.
Results
In 2007 our target was for each site to develop a Human Resources plan specific to their business needs. Every site achieved this with plans developed that ensured alignment, consistency and effectiveness of Human Resources activities across the business.
