Section 80Part 10 — General Penalties and Miscellaneous
Discrimination because of race, etc.
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No person (whether an employer or an employee) shall discriminate with respect to any person's hire, promotion, dismissal, tenure, wages, hours or other conditions of employment, by reason of race, colour, creed, sex, pregnancy or any reason connected with pregnancy, age, mental or physical disability (provided their ability to perform the job is not impaired), political belief or the exercise of any rights under this or any other Law.
Subsection (1) shall not be construed as prohibiting the taking of any personnel action genuinely related to an employee's ability to discharge the duties of the employment in question.
A person who contravenes subsection (1), commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months.