Week 8

Question 1

3 conditions for unlawful discrimination

Answer 1

1) Applicable fields:
Applicants:
– Arrangement of offer
– Terms and conditions of employment
Employees:
– Promotion, transfer, training, benefits
– Terms of employment
– Dismissal or other detriment
- Protection from discriminations
extends to those who work wholly
or mainly in HK
- Full-time and part-time
- Permanent and temporary
- Causal
- On commission
- In and outside workplace
- In Hong Kong or outside
2) Prohibited grounds:
• SDO—Sex, Marital Status, Pregnancy
• DDO—Disability
• FSDO—Family Status
• RDO–Race
3) Unlawful acts:
• Direct discrimination
• Indirect discrimination
• Harassment
• Victimisation
• Vilification
• Serious Vilification

Question 2

Equal Opportunity Commission

Answer 2

A statutory body set in 1996 to implement:
- Sex Discrimination Ordinance (SDO)
- Disability Discrimination Ordinance (DDO)
- Family Status Discrimination Ordinance (FSDO)
- Race Discrimination Ordinance (RDO)