Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) It is unlawful for
a principal to discriminate against a contract worker on the ground of the
contract worker’s family responsibility or family
status —
(a) in
the terms or conditions on which the principal allows the contract worker to
work;
(b) by
not allowing the contract worker to work or continue to work;
(c) by
denying the contract worker access, or limiting the contract worker’s
access, to any benefit associated with the work in respect of which the
contract with the employer is made; or
(d) by
subjecting the contract worker to any other detriment.
(2) Nothing in
subsection (1) renders it unlawful for a person to discriminate against
another person, on the ground of the family responsibility or family status of
the other person, in connection with work to perform domestic duties within a
private household in which the first-mentioned person resides.
[Section 35D inserted by No. 74 of 1992
s. 11.]