Relatives

A Age A-Z Appearance B Babies and childcare Behaviour-based questions Benefits C Credit checks Criminal records D Disability Discrimination Domestic employment Dress code Drug testing E Entitlement to work in New Zealand Ethnicity or national origins Equality F Family status Flexibility G Good employer H Health HIV Honesty I Indirect discrimination Interview J Job advertisements K Kids Knowledge L Liability M Marital status Mental illness Migrants N Non-discrimination O Overweight/obesity P Paid parental leave Partner, spouse or relatives Photographs Police vetting Political opinion Pregnancy Privacy Q Qualifications Questions R Race Reasonable accommodation Recruitment consultants Relatives Religious belief Risk of harm S Sex Sexual harassment Sexual orientation Speaking English T Tattoos Transgender/Trans people Treaty of Waitangi U Union membership Unsuccessful applications V Volunteers W Women-only X Xenophobia Y Young people Can I complain about discrimination if I did not get the job because of the actions of a relative, for example my brother who was a previous employee was sacked for dishonesty? Yes, the Act prohibits discrimination because of being a relative of a particular person. The Act has a broad definition of relative; it means any other person who: is related to the person by blood, marriage, civil union, de facto relationship,affinity, or adoption; or is wholly or mainly dependent on the person; or is a member of the person’s household.