sex discrimination - direct
It is direct sex discrimination to treat a person, or group of people less favourably due to the following characteristics or circumstance – sex, pregnancy, potential pregnancy, marital status, family or carer responsibilities. Harassment on the basis of any of these grounds, as well as sexual harassment can also fall under direct sex discrimination.

sex discrimination - indirect
Indirect sex discrimination is the outcome of the application of a policy, rule, condition, practice or decision that may appear fair and neutral at the outset, but results in one person or a group of people, being treated less favourably or suffering more detriment than another group due to sex, pregnancy, potential pregnancy, marital status, family or carer responsibilities. 

workplace
A workplace is a place or venue at which a workplace participant (see below) works or performs the functions that they are engaged to undertake, including for example a building site, an office, a ship, a restaurant, a plane, an educational institution, a hospital, a retail outlet, a medical surgery or a television studio.

workplace participant
An employer, board member, manager, supervisor, employee, volunteer worker, commission agent, contract worker, consultant, or partner in a partnership will qualify as a workplace participant. A person’s employment status i.e., whether they qualify as full-time, part-time, temporary, casual, an apprentice or a trainee is irrelevant.

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