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Simple summaries
| Title: | Complaint guide: an introduction for people making a complain, or responding to a complaint, before the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission | Details » |
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| Note: | Available in English, Arabic, Bosnian Chinese, Croatian, French, Greek, Indonesian, Polish, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese | |
| Date: | 2007 | |
| Title: | Discrimination in the workplace: information for people who are discriminated against in the workplace | Details » |
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| Link: | www.illawarralegalcentre.org.au/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx ... | |
| Date: | 2006 | |
Practical guides
At your public library
| Title: | Discrimination. Chapter 19: The law handbook 10th edition - a Find Legal Answers Tool Kit book | Details » |
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| Note: | Covers types of discrimination (sex, race, marital status, sexual preference, disability, transgender, age, carer). Illegal discrimination, direct and indirect discrimination, vilification, victimisation, employment related discrimination, affirmative action and where to take complaints. | |
| Date: | 2007 | |
| Where: | At your public library | |
Legal texts
At your closest LIAC library
| Title: | Community workers guidelines: anti-discrimination guidelines for people who advise clients, consumers and memebers of the public about their rights | Details » |
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Anti-Discrimination Board of NSW
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| Date: | 2006 | |
| Where: | At your closest LIAC library | |
| Title: | Discrimination law and practice 3rd ed - printed book in LIAC libraries | Details » |
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| Author: | Ronalds, Chris | |
| Note: | A plain language guide to State and federal discrimination laws. | |
| Date: | 2008 | |
| Where: | At your closest LIAC library | |
| Title: | Maternity at work 7th edition - printed book in LIAC libraries | Details » |
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| Author: |
Women's Equity Bureau, Office of Industrial Relations (NSW)
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| Note: | A practical guide to the law concerning maternity leave in New South Wales. Includes information about leave entitlements for pregnant women, practical issues such as breastfeeding at work, sample letters and a useful list of further contacts. A free publication. Copies supplied subject to availability. | |
| Link: | www.industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au/workandfamily/parent ... | |
| Date: | August 2008 | |
| Where: | At your closest LIAC library | |
Lawyers' tools
State Library LIAC
| Title: | Australian and New Zealand equal opportunity law and practice | Details » |
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| Note: | Covers Commonwealth and NSW anti discrimination legislation and cases as well as explanations the legal framework for discrimination in the work environment, in associations and clubs, in education and the provision of goods and services. Also has information on sexual harassment. Location number Ref/N344.9/1 and online (For onsite clients only). | |
| Where: | State Library LIAC | |
| Title: | Australian employment law guide | Details » |
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| Note: | Covers the employment relationship, recruitment, the contract of employment, discrimination and equal opportunity, awards and enterprise agreements, wages and salary, working hours, leave and conditions, superannuation and other benefits, occupational health and safety, discipline and grievance handling, records and files, industrial action. Location number Ref/N344.94012/1 and online (for onsite clients). | |
| Where: | State Library LIAC | |
Acts & cases
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