6 5 (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) 10 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 dis15 (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.". 8 25 paragraph (g) 30 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 35 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) 40 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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