Discrimination

A
- Age A-Z
- Appearance
B
C
- Credit checks
- Criminal records
D
E
F
- Family status
- Flexibility
G
- Good employer
H
- Health
- HIV
- Honesty
I
- Indirect discrimination
- Interview
J
- Job advertisements
K
- Kids
- Knowledge
L
- Liability
M
N
- Non-discrimination
O
- Overweight/obesity
P
Q
- Qualifications
- Questions
R
S
T
U
- Union membership
- Unsuccessful applications
V
- Volunteers
W
- Women-only
X
- Xenophobia
Y
- Young people

What is discrimination?

Discrimination is not defined in the Human Rights Act. The Act simply makes it unlawful to treat anyone differently, subject to certain exceptions, on any of the grounds listed in s. 21(1) of the Act. The prohibited grounds of discrimination are listed in Appendix 1.

The Commission will accept a complaint if:

there is evidence that a person has been treated differently
the different treatment can be attributed to one of the grounds of unlawful discrimination
the treatment results in disadvantage.

If you have any questions about discrimination please contact the Human Rights Commission on 0800 496 877 or by email infoline@hrc.co.nz

Discrimination

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B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y