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DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1992 - SECT 15

Discrimination in employment

  (1)   It is unlawful for an employer or a person acting or purporting to act on behalf of an employer to discriminate against a person on the ground of the other person's disability:

  (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 or a person acting or purporting to act on behalf of an employer to discriminate against an employee on the ground of the employee's disability:

  (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)   Neither paragraph   (1)(a) nor (b) renders it unlawful for a person to discriminate against another person, on the ground of the other person's disability, in connection with employment to perform domestic duties on the premises on which the first - mentioned person resides.


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