Recently I have been feeling a bit down around my workplace due to unreasonable work pressure. I have heard that the employer cannot treat one employee less favourably than others. What types of conduct might constitute as being less favourable?
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Answer by Lisa Wulfsohn, Malvern 3144 VIC
- Types of conduct that might constitute less favourable treatment include but are not limited to:
- dismissing an employee;
- not allowing an employee to take part in a training program;
- setting unfair terms of employment;
- not employing someone; and
- refusing or limiting access to employment benefits such as:
- opportunities for promotion;
- transfer to other areas of the business; or
- secondments to other offices.
- Your employer may be setting unfair terms of employment if they are treating you differently based on a protected characteristic. For example if you are required to do more work than other people because of a protected characteristic such as your age, sex or religion for example.