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Discrimination in employment

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Part 2Prohibition of disability discrimination etc.
Division 1Discrimination in work

15 Discrimination in employment

(1)

It is unlawful for an employer or a person acting or purporting to act on behalf of an employer to discriminate against a person on the ground of the other person’s disability:

(a)

in the arrangements made for the purpose of determining who should be offered employment; or

(b)

in determining who should be offered employment; or

(c)

in the terms or conditions on which employment is offered.

(2)

It is unlawful for an employer or a person acting or purporting to act on behalf of an employer to discriminate against an employee on the ground of the employee’s disability:

(a)

in the terms or conditions of employment that the employer affords the employee; or

(b)

by denying the employee access, or limiting the employee’s access, to opportunities for promotion, transfer or training, or to any other benefits associated with employment; or

(c)

by dismissing the employee; or

(d)

by subjecting the employee to any other detriment.

(3)

Neither paragraph (1)(a) nor (b) renders it unlawful for a person to discriminate against another person, on the ground of the other person’s disability, in connection with employment to perform domestic duties on the premises on which the first‑mentioned person resides.

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