Ombudsman for Equality

Discrimination in the workplace

Discrimination is prohibited in

• recruiting new staff, appointing individuals to positions and allocating training placements,
• remuneration and other terms and conditions of employment,
• managing work, delegating tasks or otherwise arranging working conditions, and
• terminating employment contracts and transferring or laying off employees.

Discrimination can be

• direct discrimination,
• indirect discrimination,
• harassment, or
• an order or instruction to engage in discrimination.

For more information on these, see
Discrimination

Any countermeasures taken by employers are also considered to constitute discrimination.
Countermeasures

Who is protected under these provisions?

• Anyone who has an employment contract in the private or public sector
• People who work in some other kind of legal relationship comparable to employment (subject to limitations)
• Enterprises that employ temporary labour (subject to limitations).

Other legal relationships comparable to employment
Managing directors
Temporary labour

If you suspect that you have been the victim of discrimination in the workplace, see
Are you a victim of discrimination?

Compensation may be awarded on the basis of violations of anti-discrimination provisions in the workplace.
Compensation