New Equal Opportunity Act Strengthens Discrimination Laws
The new Equal Opportunity Act 2010, which will come into effect in August 2011, strengthens discrimination laws in Victoria by changing some key definitions and creating new responsibilities for the Commission.
The new act will strengthen the Commission’s role in helping government, business and the community to identify and eliminate discrimination. It will have a positive duty to eliminate discrimination, which obliges organisations covered by the law to take proactive, reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate discrimination, sexual harassment and victimisation.
Other new features include simplified definitions of direct and indirect discrimination that make the law easier to understand.
Detailed information about the new Equal Opportunity Act is now available on the Commission’s website at http://www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au/projects%20and%20initiatives/eoa2010.asp
Training sessions on the new Equal Opportunity Act are booked out but for more information and to register your interest, visit http://www.victorianhumanrightscommission.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=456.
