Discrimination Act 1991
59Employment etc
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59 Employment etc (1) It is unlawful for an employer to subject an employee, or a person seeking employment, to sexual harassment. (2) It is unlawful for an employee to subject a fellow employee, or a person seeking employment with the same employer, to sexual harassment. (3) It is unlawful for a principal to subject a commission agent or contract worker, or a person seeking to become his or her commission agent or contract worker, to sexual harassment. (4) It is unlawful for a commission agent or contract worker to subject a fellow commission agent or contract worker to sexual harassment. (5) It is unlawful for a partner in a partnership to subject another partner in the partnership, or a person seeking to become a partner in the partnership, to sexual harassment.
Sexual harassment Part 5 (6) It is unlawful for a workplace participant to subject another workplace participant, or a person seeking to become a workplace participant at that workplace, to sexual harassment at a place that is a workplace, or potential workplace, as the case requires, of both of those people. (7) In this section: place includes a ship, aircraft or vehicle. workplace means a place at which a workplace participant works or otherwise carries out functions in connection with being a workplace participant. workplace participant means any of the following: (a) an employer or employee; (b) a commission agent or contract worker; (c) a partner in a partnership.