Western Australian Consolidated Acts

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 11

11 .         Discrimination against applicants and employees

        (1)         It is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a person on the ground of the person’s sex, marital status, pregnancy or breast feeding — 

            (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 sex, marital status, pregnancy or breast feeding — 

            (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)(a) and (b) renders it unlawful for a person to discriminate against another person, on the ground of the other person’s sex, in connection with employment to perform domestic duties on the premises on which the first-mentioned person resides.

        [Section 11 amended by No. 2 of 2010 s. 6.]