DETRIMENT

To make a complaint about discrimination, you need to have suffered some type of harm or loss because of it. A person cannot complain about a practice that they think is discriminatory but which does not affect them personally.

Any type of harm or loss can be considered. Typical examples are:

  • being refused employment or not being considered for employment
  • being treated less favourably than other staff in the workplace
  • being refused accommodation, goods or services
  • being offered accommodation, goods or services at a higher price or on less favourable terms than others
  • not being able to gain access to public premises
  • not being allowed to join a club, or being admitted on less favourable terms.

Detriment can also take the form of humiliation or denigration, for example, putting the person down, ridiculing them or jeering at them.