Your rights
Grounds of Discrimination
Age - being regarded as too young, or too old
Breastfeeding - being asked not to feed, or to use other facilities to breast or bottle feed
Family responsibility - having a caring role
Family Status - being a relative of a particular person or having the status of being a particular relative
Gender History - having a reassigned gender as certified under the Gender Reassignment Act 2000
Impairment – having a physical, intellectual or mental disability that is current, past or imputed
Marital Status – being single, married, a de facto partner, separated, divorced or widowed
Political Conviction – including a lack of conviction
Pregnancy – being pregnant, having a characteristic associated with pregnancy or generally imputed to persons who are pregnant.
Race – including colour, ethnicity or national origin or descent
Racial Harassment – including offensive or insulting comments or other behaviour about a person’s colour, ethnic background or origin
Religious Conviction – including a lack of conviction
Sex – being a man or woman
Sexual Harassment – including unwelcome requests for sexual favours, touching and comments about a person’s private relationships
Sexual Orientation – including heterosexuality, homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality or assumed sexual orientation.
Spent Conviction - the Commission can investigate discrimination on the ground of spent convictions under the Spent Convictions Act 1988. Age
Unlawful discrimination - more information on the grounds of unlawful discrimination (download in MSWord)
Areas of discrimination
Discrimination in Accommodation for renters (MSWord)
Discrimination in Accommodation for owners and agents (word)
Guidelines for advertisers (pdf ; Word)
Resolving your complaint
| You can print off your own copies of these publications, or order online. |
Booklets
| Pregnant and Working Comissioner Yvonne Henderson launched a publication titled ‘Pregnant and Working’ at Princess Margaret Hospital’s Child Care Centre on August 23, 2007. The publication is an easy to read guide to what employers and employees need to know about pregnancy and employment. It outlines what is pregnancy discrimination and discusses a range of related issues, including discrimination at various stages of the employment relationship, from recruitment through to parental leave and returning to work. | 
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| Are you getting it right? A guide for employers and recruitment agencies The 2007 recruitment guide is a plain English guide for employers and those working in the recruitment industry in Western Australia. The 32-page booklet is titled “Are you getting it right?” and will help people plan ahead and prevent discrimination and harassment in the workplace. The guide contains useful hints and case studies, plus examines grounds of unlawful discrimination and harassment in employment under the Equal Opportunity Act 1984. It also provides ten steps to best practice recruiting in Western Australia and information on how to contact the Commission. This guide can be downloaded from here or you can request a copy by ringing the Commission on 08 9216 3900 or emailing eoc@eoc.wa.gov.au |  |
Posters Order copies of these posters online here. | |
| Discrimination is backwards thinking(330mm x 300mm) |  |
Don't let discrimination go on in the background
(300mm x 603mm) |  |
Common workplace animals - the groper
(340mm x 550mm) |  |