Victoria has had an Equal Opportunity Act since 1977. The current Act is the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (External link). The legislation protects people from discrimination on the basis of their individual attributes in certain areas of public life, and provides redress for people who have been discriminated against.
What is discrimination Victoria?
Discrimination means being treated unfairly, or not as well as others, because of a personal characteristic that is protected by law. These include age, sex, gender identity, race or disability.
What is an act of discrimination?
Discrimination occurs when you are treated less favourably than another person in a similar situation and this treatment cannot be objectively and reasonably justified.
What are the 3 types of discrimination?
Race, Color, and Sex
For example, this Act prohibits discrimination against an Asian individual because of physical characteristics such as facial features or height. Color discrimination occurs when persons are treated differently than others because of their skin pigmentation.
What are the 5 areas of discrimination?
Discrimination by Type
- Equal Pay/Compensation.
- National Origin.
- Pregnancy.
- Race/Color.
- Religion.
What are the 4 main types of discrimination under the Act?
There are four main types of discrimination.
- Direct discrimination. This means treating one person worse than another person because of a protected characteristic.
- Indirect discrimination.
- Harassment.
- Victimisation.
What are the 14 grounds of discrimination?
Defining Discrimination and the Proscribed Grounds
- RACE, COLOUR, ANCESTRY OR PLACE OF ORIGIN.
- POLITICAL BELIEF.
- RELIGION.
- MARITAL OR FAMILY STATUS.
- PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY.
- SEX AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION.
- AGE.
- CRIMINAL OR SUMMARY CONVICTION.
What are the 13 grounds of discrimination?
The grounds are: citizenship, race, place of origin, ethnic origin, colour, ancestry, disability, age, creed, sex/pregnancy, family status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, receipt of public assistance (in housing) and record of offences (in employment).
What are the 7 grounds of discrimination?
There are seven grounds of discrimination covered by the law prohibiting discrimination: sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation and age.
What are the 9 types of discrimination?
The nine protected characteristics are as follows:
- Age.
- Disability.
- Gender reassignment.
- Marriage and civil partnership.
- Pregnancy and maternity.
- Race.
- Religion or belief.
- Sex.
How do you prove discrimination?
Wronged employees have three ways of proving their employers intended to discriminate: circumstantial evidence, direct evidence, and pattern and practice. Circumstantial evidence is evidence that proves a fact by inference, as opposed to direct evidence which directly proves a fact.
What are the 10 prohibited grounds of discrimination?
3 (1) For all purposes of this Act, the prohibited grounds of discrimination are race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability and conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been
What is an example of unfair discrimination?
Direct Discrimination – when you’re treated unfairly in relation to a protected characteristic. For example, if you were denied a promotion because of your age, while younger people with similar abilities and experience were being promoted, that would likely be direct discrimination.
What is the most common form of discrimination?
The most prevalent forms of discrimination in the workplace seen today are race and national origin. Discrimination based on national origin occurs when a business is opened by persons of one nationality who then discriminate in their hiring practices by only hiring other persons of their own nationality.
What are 3 direct discrimination examples?
What is direct discrimination?
- age.
- disability.
- gender reassignment.
- marriage or civil partnership.
- pregnancy and maternity.
- race.
- religion or belief.
- sex.
What are the 2 forms that discrimination takes?
Discrimination can take on many different forms, both indirect and direct, and can occur in any environment. In the workplace, employment discrimination can occur even before a person works for an organization or company.
What are Australia’s 4 anti discrimination laws?
Age Discrimination Act 2004. Disability Discrimination Act 1992. Racial Discrimination Act 1975. Sex Discrimination Act 1984.
What are the 4 elements of unfair discrimination?
The law sets out four grounds on which discrimination is generally permissible:
- Compulsory discrimination by law;
- Discrimination based on affirmative action;
- Discrimination based on inherent requirements of a particular job;
- Discrimination based on productivity.
What types of discrimination are illegal?
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 are two characteristics that are illegal to discriminate against?
Homosexuality or other sexual orientation. Gender identity (including trans, transgender and gender diverse) Intersex status.
What are the 6 forms of discrimination?
Discrimination
- Age discrimination.
- Sex discrimination.
- Sexual orientation discrimination.
- Gender reassignment discrimination.
- Race discrimination.
- Gypsies and Travellers – race discrimination.
- Religion or belief discrimination.
- Marriage and civil partnership discrimination.