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ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT - SECT 31

Discrimination in work area

31. Discrimination in work area

(1) A person shall not discriminate -

(a) in deciding who should be offered work;

(b) in the terms and conditions of work that is offered;

(c) in failing or refusing to offer work;

(d) by failing or refusing to grant a person seeking work access to a guidance program, vocational training program or other occupational training or retraining program; or

(e) in developing the scope or range of a program referred to in paragraph (d).

(2) A person shall not discriminate -

(a) in any variation of the terms and conditions of work;

(b) in failing or refusing to grant, or limiting, access to opportunities for promotion, transfer, training or other benefit to a worker;

(c) in dismissing a worker; or

(d) by treating a worker less favourably in any way in connection with work.

(3) A person shall not discriminate against a worker on the grounds of the worker's religious belief or activity by refusing the worker permission to carry out a religious activity during working hours being an activity -

(a) of a kind recognized as necessary or desirable by persons of the same religious belief as that of the worker;

(b) the performance of which during working hours is reasonable having regard to the circumstances of the work; and

(c) that does not subject the employer to any detriment.



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