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104: Discrimination
or “Unfair treatment at work because of who you are or what you believe in”
You could also call this:

“A list of reasons why it's not okay to treat people unfairly at work”

You can’t be treated unfairly at work because of certain things about you. These things are called ‘prohibited grounds of discrimination’. They are listed in section 104 of this law and also in section 21(1) of the Human Rights Act 1993.

The things you can’t be treated unfairly for are:

Your sex, whether you’re married or not, what you believe in (like your religion or your ethics), your skin colour, your race, where you or your family come from, if you have a disability, how old you are, what you think about politics, if you have a job or not, your family situation, and who you’re attracted to.

These words mean exactly what they say in section 21(1) of the Human Rights Act 1993. If you want to know more about what they mean, you can look there.

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Next up: 106: Exceptions in relation to discrimination

or “Rules about when it's okay to treat workers differently because of who they are”
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105Prohibited grounds of discrimination for purposes of section 104

  1. The prohibited grounds of discrimination referred to in section 104 are the prohibited grounds of discrimination set out in section 21(1) of the Human Rights Act 1993, namely—

  2. sex:
    1. marital status:
      1. religious belief:
        1. ethical belief:
          1. colour:
            1. race:
              1. ethnic or national origins:
                1. disability:
                  1. age:
                    1. political opinion:
                      1. employment status:
                        1. family status:
                          1. sexual orientation.

                            1. The items listed in subsection (1) have the meanings (if any) given to them by section 21(1) of the Human Rights Act 1993.