Qantas staff banned from using “gender-inappropriate” words
Qantas staff have been banned from using “gender-inappropriate” words on duty, in a direction from management destined to make employees at Australia’s national carrier feel more comfortable while they’re at the workplace.
The Daily Telegraph reports the airline’s workforce was addressed this week by people and culture group executive Lesly Grant via an information pack, which outlined a range of gender specific terms that were to be avoided by staff at the airline.
Gender specific terms like “guys”, “love” and “honey” are top of the list of words to be avoided by staff at all times, in a bid to lower the chances of people being offended.
Partner and spouse are also reportedly preferred to husband and while, while the term “parents” is now instructed to be used instead of the words “mum” or “dad”.
A Qantas spokeswoman told Yahoo7 told the content in the info pack was created by the Diversity Council of Australia, and supplied to many other countries.
“We want Qantas to be an inclusive workplace and we shared some factsheets created by the Diversity Council of Australia with some suggestions on more inclusive language, particularly on gender, age and LGBTI issues,” she said.
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