Discrimination law applies to:

• anyone seeking work
• currently working
• in the process of being dismissed.

You have the right to be treated the same as any other employee irrespective of your race, age, caring responsibilities, gender identity, disability, marital or domestic partnership status, intersex status, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, spouse or partner’s identity, or experience with domestic abuse.

As an employer or prospective employer, you must ensure that workers and prospective workers are not being discriminated in the workplace as you may be liable.