Western Australian Current Acts

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 37

37 .         Discrimination against applicants and employees

        (1)         It is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a person on the ground of the race of that person —

            (a)         in the arrangements made for the purpose of determining who should be offered employment; or

            (b)         in determining who should be offered employment; or

            (c)         in the terms or conditions on which employment is offered.

        (2)         It is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an employee on the ground of the race of the employee —

            (a)         in the terms or conditions of employment that the employer affords the employee; or

            (b)         by denying the employee access, or limiting the employee’s access, to opportunities for promotion, transfer or training, or to any other benefits associated with employment; or

            (c)         by dismissing the employee; or

            (d)         by subjecting the employee to any other detriment.

        (3)         Nothing in subsection (1) renders it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a person, on the ground of the race of the person, in connection with employment to perform domestic duties within a private household in which the employer resides.

        [Section 37 amended: No. 74 of 1992 s. 13.]