These days in every workplace in Australia employees have many rights One of these is the right not to be discriminated against. There are many forms of discrimination and they apply to different sorts of people and circumstances. Whether it be racial, sexual, cultural, age or disability that is being discriminated against, there are Equal employment opportunity policies that apply to all forms of discrimination and in all workplaces across Australia. Discrimination can be divided into two categories: Direct Discrimination and In-direct Discrimination.
Direct Discrimination is discrimination because of a some ones particular personal attribute such as, Age or race. For example a person may be thought to be too old for the job or the employer doesn't like a certain race so he doesn't hire a person from that racial background.
Occurs as a result of policies or regulations made that unintentionally discriminate against people with certain attributes e.g. a workplace will not hire people over a certain weight or height to work there. The law states that that an employee should always be employed or promoted for his/her ability to perform certain tasks assign
To make a complaint about Sexual Harassment or Unlawful Discrimination an employee has to take the following steps.
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