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What is unlawful discrimination?
Unlawful discrimination means treating someone badly, or less favourably than others, on the basis of certain personal attributes.
What types of discrimination are unlawful?
Unlawful workplace discrimination occurs when an employer takes adverse action against a person who is an employee or prospective employee because of the following attributes of the person:
- race.
- colour.
- sex.
- sexual orientation.
- age.
- physical or mental disability.
- marital status.
- family or carer’s responsibilities.
What are the grounds for unlawful discrimination?
Grounds checklist Marital, domestic or relationship status. Pregnancy or potential pregnancy. Breastfeeding. Homosexuality or other sexual orientation.
What is unlawful employment discrimination?
Under the laws enforced by EEOC, it is illegal to discriminate against someone (applicant or employee) because of that person’s race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.
What is considered unlawful?
1 : not lawful : not authorized or justified by law. 2 : acting contrary to or in defiance of the law an unlawful possessor. Other Words from unlawful. unlawfully adverb. unlawfulness noun.
What is not unlawful discrimination?
If there’s a law which says that some people can be treated differently in a particular situation – for example, because of their sex or religion and belief – it’s not unlawful discrimination under the Equality Act if a public authority treats you differently in that situation.
What are the 5 key acts that protect against discrimination?
Anti-discrimination laws
- Age Discrimination Act 2004.
- Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
- Racial Discrimination Act 1975.
- Sex Discrimination Act 1984.
- Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986.
What is unlawful employment?
An unlawful employment practice is a procedure, policy, or behavior that intends to discriminate against or harass a specific employee or group of employees. Unlawful employment practices are often employed against workers due to factors such as race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, disability, or sexual orientation.
Types of unlawful discrimination. Under anti-discrimination law, there are two types of unlawful discrimination: direct discrimination and indirect discrimination.
Does discrimination have to be intentional to be unlawful?
Discrimination can take different forms and does not even have to be intentional to be illegal. Two general types of discrimination the law protects against are: ” Disparate Treatment “: This means that an employer intentionally singles out an individual or a group of people for unequal treatment for an illegal reason.
What kind of discrimination is against the law?
Age discrimination is a practice specifically prohibited by law. With a few rare exceptions, companies are forbidden from specifying an age preference in job advertisements.
What is lawful discrimination?
Lawful Discrimination. Only certain kinds of discrimination are covered by fair housing laws. Landlords are not required by law to rent to any tenant who applies for a property. Landlords can select tenants based on objective business criteria, such as the applicant’s ability to pay the rent and take care of the property.