Discrimination in the workplace occurs when people are treated unfairly due to characteristics like their race, gender, age, religion or disability. Examples include hiring someone of one ethnic background over another, not interviewing someone with a foreign name, or paying men higher wages than women for the same job. Australian laws like the Racial Discrimination Act and Sex Discrimination Act aim to prevent such discrimination and ensure equal opportunity and treatment in employment regardless of personal attributes.

1. Employment Relations Rights & Responsibilities ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

2. What is Discrimination? “ Discrimination occurs when a person is treated unfairly because of a certain characteristic they possess”

3. Reasons for discrimination Race Gender Ethnic Background Sexuality Age Religion Beliefs and opinions Physical and mental disabilities Colour Nationality Physical Appearance

4. Examples of Discrimination in the workplace Eg 1. Employing an Australian with a European background over an Aboriginal Australian. Eg 2. Choosing not to interview a person with a foreign name. Eg 3. Giving men higher rates of pay than women who do the same job.

5. Anti-Discrimination In Workforce These problems can and must be avoided with the use of the following laws; -Racial Discrimination Act 1975 -Sex Discrimination Act 1984 -Affirmative Action Act 1986 -NSW Anti-Discrimination Act 1977

6. What the Laws Do These laws attempt to give equal opportunity to all workers to advance in a firm on the basis of merit and not be held back by unfair prejudices against them.

7. Everyone needs to be treated fairly in the workplace so ….. “ NO DISCRIMINATION IN YOUR OCCUPATION”