Under federal and state legislation, unlawful discrimination occurs when someone, or a group of people, are treated less favourably than another person or group because of their race, colour, national or ethnic origin; sex, pregnancy or marital status; age; disability; religion; sexual preference; membership of a trade union activity; or some other characteristic specified under anti-discrimination or human rights legislation.
Workplace discrimination can occur in:
- recruiting and selecting staff.
- terms, conditions and benefits offered as part of employment.
- who receives training and what sort of training is offered.
- who is considered and selected for transfer, promotion, retrenchment or dismissal.
To read example scenarios of discrimination, please refer to the links below:
- Sex discrimination
- Pregnancy discrimination
- Age discrimination
- Multiple discrimination
- Race discrimination
- Homosexual discrimination
- Transgender discrimination
- Disability discrimination
- Carers discrimination
- Family Responsibilities discrimination
- Maternity Leave