Section 105 — Work Health and Safety Act 2011: What is discriminatory conduct
Text of the provision Official document
(1) For the purposes of this Part, a person engages in discriminatory conduct if: (a) the person: (i) dismisses a worker; or (ii) terminates a contract for services with a worker; or (iii) puts a worker to his or her detriment in the engagement of the worker; or (iv) alters the position of a worker to the worker’s detriment; or (b) the person: (i) refuses or fails to offer to engage a prospective worker; or (ii) treats a prospective worker less favourably than another prospective worker would be treated in offering terms of engagement; or (c) the person terminates a commercial arrangement with another person; or (d) the person refuses or fails to enter into a commercial arrangement with another person. (2) For the purposes of this Part, a person also engages in discriminatory conduct if the person organises to take any action referred to in subsection (1) or threatens to organise or take that action.
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