Equal employment opportunity
All employers and employees must comply with the laws regarding equal opportunity and discrimination in the workplace.
Western Australian legislation prohibits discrimination on the basis of:
- sex;
- sexual orientation;
- marital status;
- pregnancy;
- family responsibility or status;
- race, religious or political conviction;
- spent conviction;
- disability or impairment, age or gender history; and
- sexual or racial harassment and victimisation.
These laws apply in the recruitment, management and termination of employees. Employers may be held liable for any discriminatory behaviour or harassment that occurs in the workplace.
For further information go to the Equal Opportunity Commission website.