Existing process
If an employee has notified about censurable conditions at the employer s undertaking and considers themselves exposed to illegal retaliation, the employee must take legal action to clarify the dispute in the court. The financial risk involved means that few such cases are processed in the courts.
Proposed process
To strengthen the protection of whistleblowers, the government proposes to establish a low-threshold offer where a tribunal is given the authority to resolve disputes about alleged retaliation after whistleblowing. The government proposes that this authority be added to the Anti-discrimination Tribunal.
Complaints to the Anti-discrimination Tribunal are free and no lawyer is required. Complainants do not risk having to pay the other party s legal costs. However, there is a long case-processing time in the Anti-discrimination Tribunal – almost eight months – so it is uncertain how much faster the cases will be processed in the Anti-discrimination Tri
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Many companies are subject to a statutory activity and reporting obligation relating to equality and non-discrimination. The obligation is regulated in the Gender Equality and Discrimination Act, which imposes a mandatory working method on employers that includes documenting and managing risks of discrimination and obstacles to gender equality within companies. Many companies will have to spend time and resources on implementing sufficient systems and routines to comply with the new rules.
Disability advocates in four-year battle with Parliament Square developers over lift
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David Cawthorn says the building discriminates against people with mobility issues.
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Disability advocates say they believe developers behind one of Tasmania s most prominent projects have now spent more money fighting against installing an accessible lift than it would have cost them to put it in initially.
Key points:
Disability advocates say the development discriminates against people with mobility issues
Parliament Square has two accessible entrances, but disability advocates want a lift added to a third
The case is likely to go before the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal in 2021