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Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
sec.15Discrimination in work area
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### sec.15 Discrimination in work area
A person must not discriminate—
in any variation of the terms of work; or
in denying or limiting access to opportunities for promotion, transfer, training or other benefit to a worker; or
in dismissing a worker; or
by denying access to a guidance program, an apprenticeship training program or other occupational training or retraining program; or
in developing the scope or range of such a program; or
by treating a worker unfavourably in any way in connection with work.
In this section—
dismissing includes ending the particular work of a person by forced retirement, failure to provide work or otherwise.
s 15 amd 1994 No. 29 s 6 ; 1999 No. 33 s 747 sch 3 ; 2007 No. 37 s 7
amd 2024 No. 47 s 3 sch 1 (uncommenced amendment)
(sec.15-ssec.1) A person must not discriminate— in any variation of the terms of work; or in denying or limiting access to opportunities for promotion, transfer, training or other benefit to a worker; or in dismissing a worker; or by denying access to a guidance program, an apprenticeship training program or other occupational training or retraining program; or in developing the scope or range of such a program; or by treating a worker unfavourably in any way in connection with work.
(sec.15-ssec.2) In this section— dismissing includes ending the particular work of a person by forced retirement, failure to provide work or otherwise.
- (a) in any variation of the terms of work; or
- (b) in denying or limiting access to opportunities for promotion, transfer, training or other benefit to a worker; or
- (c) in dismissing a worker; or
- (d) by denying access to a guidance program, an apprenticeship training program or other occupational training or retraining program; or
- (e) in developing the scope or range of such a program; or
- (f) by treating a worker unfavourably in any way in connection with work.