Discussions on Recent Legislation, Noteworthy Cases & Trends in Enforcement
This is a sad commentary about the extent of entrenched discriminatory animus in a nation that, in fact, prohibits pregnancy discimination in employment.
We have just read in the Daily …
Continue Reading “The Job or the Baby”: Female Employees Forced To Terminate Pregnancies
As with the US’s Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the Australian Fair Work Act makes it illegal to discriminate against a pregnant employee. The Fair Work Act goes further – it provides …
Continue Reading Australia Pregnancy Discrimination Laws To Be Broadened To Require Transfer To “Safe Jobs”
For those of you who plan to spend the holiday week catching up on some summer beach reading, but don’t know what to read, we recommend that you include the…
Continue Reading Holiday Week Beach Reading From Around The World
Female Australians over the age of 45 have reported widespread age discrimination in employment, according to Diversity Council Australia (“DCA”). Said researcher Dr. Roger Wilkins: “Many Australians feel they’ve been …
Continue Reading Older Women In Australia Report Age Bias In Employment
The former aid to former Australian Federal Speaker Peter Slipper, who sued him for alleged sexual harassment, said that he will appeal the recent adverse ruling of the Federal Court…
Continue Reading Australian Same-Sex Sexual Harassment Case Against Former High Official To Continue
You might remember our recent blog about the parrot kept by a patient in an expensive long term care facility which repeatedly shouted sexual vulgarities to an offended attending female…
The Australian Computer Society (“ACS”) conducted a survey and found that almost one third of all people applying for information and computer technology positions have been discriminated against on the…
Continue Reading Discrimination In The Australian Computer Technology Industry
In case you thought otherwise, the United States is not alone in experiencing blatant acts of race or national origin discrimination. According to CNN, the 2011 Australian census revealed that Indian…
Continue Reading Australian Job Ad: “No Indians or Asians Need Apply”
The Australian Hospitality Magazine has reported that The Fair Work Ombudsman found that a catering company known as “The Soup Box” discriminated against a female employee because of her pregnancy. The employee, after …
If you are a reader of this blog, you know that we like to report on employment discrimination topics from around the globe, if for no other reason than to let our…
Continue Reading Australia Fair Work Act — Similar to Title VII, But Broader
