6.
To complete this task, you must:
i. Specify one international anti-discrimination legislation that is
relevant to each of the following features of diversity:
▪ Age
▪ Disability
▪ Racial
▪ Sex
The anti-discrimination laws should be international (i.e.
adopted and upheld by various countries) and enforced by an
international body.
ii. Identify a provision/article within each law that is relevant to
the corresponding feature of diversity:
iii. Explain how each provision/article impacts workers
iv. Identify the consequences for breaching each
provision/article.
Feature of diversity Age
International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 111 –
Anti-Discrimination Law
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958
Link: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:121
00:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C111
Provision/Clause Article 1 – Prohibits discrimination in employment based on
factors including age.
Impact on workers Ensures that workers are protected from age-based
discrimination in hiring, promotions, and job termination.
Encourages equal opportunities for younger and older workers.
Consequences for Countries failing to comply may face sanctions from the ILO,
breaching the public scrutiny, and loss of trade privileges with nations that
provision/clause uphold the convention.
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Feature of diversity Disability
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Anti-Discrimination Law
Disabilities (CRPD), 2006
https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/conventio
Link:
n-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities.html
Article 27 – Protects the rights of people with disabilities to work
without discrimination and mandates reasonable
Provision/Clause accommodations.
Employers are required to provide equal employment
opportunities and reasonable adjustments such as wheelchair
Impact on workers access and assistive technologies.
Nations that fail to comply may face United Nations Human
Consequences for Rights Council investigations, loss of international funding, and
breaching the reputational damage.
provision/clause
Feature of diversity Race
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Anti-Discrimination Law
Racial Discrimination (ICERD), 1965
Link: https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/internationa
elimination-all-forms-racial
Article 5 – Guarantees equality before the law and prohibits
racial discrimination in employment
Provision/Clause
Ensures that workers are protected from racial bias, racial
harassment, and exclusion in the workplace. Encourages
Impact on workers inclusive hiring policies.
Countries violating the convention may face UN sanctions,
Consequences for legal consequences, and diplomatic pressure to change
breaching the discriminatory practices.
provision/clause
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Feature of diversity Sex
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
Anti-Discrimination Law
Against Women (CEDAW), 1979
Link: https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/text/econventi
on.html
Article 11 – Mandates equal employment rights for men and
women, including equal pay and protection from workplace
Provision/Clause discrimination.
Ensures women are protected from gender bias, wage
discrimination, and sexual harassment in the workplace.
Impact on workers Encourages equal pay and leadership opportunities.
Non-compliance may lead to UN monitoring, sanctions, and
Consequences for economic penalties, as well as public advocacy pressure for
breaching the policy changes.
provision/clause
7. Complete the table below by:
i. Identifying your state/territory’s anti-discrimination
legislation, along with a link to that legislation.
ii. Providing a specific clause from that legislation that is relevant
to discrimination in the workplace, based on each of the
following forms of discrimination:
▪ Age Discrimination
▪ Disability Discrimination
▪ Racial Discrimination
▪ Sex Discrimination
iii. Briefly explain how each clause impacts individual workers.
iv. Provide possible consequences or outcomes of breaching the
clauses identified.
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