Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) It is unlawful for
an employer to discriminate against a person on the ground of the
person’s religious or political conviction —
(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
employee’s religious or political conviction —
(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) It is unlawful for
an employer to discriminate against an employee on the ground of the
employee’s religious conviction by refusing the employee permission to
carry out a religious practice during working hours being a practice —
(a) of a
kind recognised as necessary or desirable by persons of the same religious
conviction as that of the employee; and
(b) the
performance of which during working hours is reasonable having regard to the
circumstances of the employment; and
(c) that
does not subject the employer to any detriment.
(4) Subsections (1),
(2) and (3) do not apply to employment —
(a) to
perform domestic duties on the premises on which the employer resides; or
(b)
where the number of persons employed by the employer, disregarding any persons
employed to perform domestic duties, does not exceed 5.