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Discrimination by Unions and Associations
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A trade union, employers' organization or occupational association cannot
  • exclude any person from membership
  • expel or suspend any member
  • discriminate against any person or member
because of the
  • race, colour, ancestry, place of origin
  • political belief, religion
  • marital status, family status
  • physical or mental disability
  • sex, sexual orientation
  • age
of that person or member, or because that person or member has been convicted of a criminal or summary conviction offence that is unrelated to the membership or intended membership.

A trade union means an organization of employees formed for purposes that include the regulation of relations between employees and employers.

An employers' organization means an organization of employers formed for purposes that include the regulation of relations between employers and employees.

An occupational association is an organization, other than a trade union or employers' organization, in which membership is a prerequisite to carrying on a trade, occupation or profession.


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