A worker who posted a job advertisement asking for only Korean, Japanese or Taiwanese employees has blamed the mistake on their poor English.
The strawberry farm job opening was posted on Facebook to the Bundaberg Job Vacanices Page, but has since been deleted.
The post read, ‘Our farm can work now only Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese.
‘If you are Aussie or European, please don’t contact to me.’
A Strawberry farm in Bundaberg, Queensland, does not want Australian or European applicants for their recently posted job opening (stock image)
The post read: ‘If you are Aussie or European, please don’t contact me.’ It has since been deleted
Following backlash over the discriminatory post, the worker has since apologised.
‘Sorry for the misleading post,’ the post read.
‘I like to be clear I am not working for SSS farm and have nothing to do with SSS either work or accommodation. This post is for our farm and sorry my English was not clear.’
There were initial concerns the ad was connected to one of the region’s biggest strawberry producers, SSS Strawberries, but the company said it had nothing to do with it, which was clarified in a follow-up post by the original advertiser, news.com.au reported.
SSS Strawberries denied connection to the job advertisement.
The Courier-Mail reported that the SSS Strawberries owner, Toan Nguyen, was proud of his company’s multiculturalism and local community support.
SSS Strawberries, a large company of the region, denies connection to the shocking post (stock image)
The post sparked a discrimination debate as the online community reacted in anger.
Tiegan Lyn commented on the advertisement, stating that it was proof that Australians were being left behind.
‘I feel passionately about this as it is getting out of hand and it is giving my hometown a bad reputation,’ she said.
The Australian Human Rights Commission says: ‘Job advertisements should not discourage some people from applying or imply that only certain applicants will be considered.’
‘The Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) protects people from discrimination in employment because of their religion, political opinion, national extraction, nationality, social origin, medical record, criminal record or trade union activity,’ the website states.