Breaching discrimination legislation denies people their basic human right to be treated fairly and equally. It can damage a person’s dignity, self-esteem and status. It can also result in harm to the person by preventing access to services essential to the person’s wellbeing. Your breach may contribute to a negative assessment of your employer’s ability to meet service standards, with resulting possible loss of funding. This in turn may affect all the people who receive services from that organisation. The person who has been discriminated against has recourse to internal and external complaints procedures. Depending on the basis of the discrimination and the state in which it occurs, the person may have recourse to an ombudsman or commissioner who deals with complaints about discrimination. If the discrimination amounts to a breach of human rights, the person has access to the Australian Human Rights Commission.
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