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(d)
political opinion, colour, creed or gender to be treated less favourably
than persons of any other such description, it shall be presumed, unless
the act, practice or requirement concerned can be justified on any of the
grounds specified in subsection (7), that such person was unlawfully discriminated against.";
in subsection (7) -(i)
by the deletion in subparagraph (a) of "of sex" and the substitution
of
(ii)
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com-
"of gender or pregnancy";
by the insertion after paragraph (b) of the following paragraph–
"(c)
on the grounds of race or gender if the act or omission
plained of arises from the implementation by the employer
of
any employment policy or practice aimed at the
advancement
of persons who have been historically disadvantaged by
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(d)
criminatory laws or practices;
if the act or omission complained of arises from the implementation by the employer of any employment policy or
practice aimed at assisting disabled persons as defined in the
Dis(e)
par20
opera-
abled Persons Act [Chapter l7:0l ];
if any distinction, exclusion or preference in respect of a
ticular job is based on the narrowly defined inherent
tional requirements, needs and necessities of that
particular
job.".
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paragraph (g)
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Amendment of section8 of Cap. 28:011
Section 8 of the principal Act is amended(a)
by the insertion after "An employer" of "or, for the purpose of
or (h), an employer or any other person,";
(b) in paragraph (f) by the deletion of "certified" and the substitution of registered”
(c) by the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph (f)-"(g)
demands from any employee or prospective employee any sexual
favour as a condition of(i)
the recruitment for employment; or
(ii)
the creation, classification or abolition of jobs or posts; or
(iii)
the improvement of the remuneration or other conditions
of
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advancement,
(iv)
employment of the employee; or
the choice of persons for jobs or posts, training,
(v)
apprenticeships, transfer, promotion or retrenchment; or
the provision of facilities related to or connected with
employment: or
(h)
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con-
(vi)
any other matter related to employment;
engages in unwelcome sexually-determined behaviour towards any
employee, whether verbal or otherwise, such as making physical
tact or advances, or sexually-coloured remarks, or displaying por-
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