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The Workplace Fairness Act must go further if we are to stamp out discrimination
Aware is concerned over gaps in the legislation to do with LGBTQ and disabled workers, and omission of salary decisions.
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While Aware is happy to see this landmark anti-discrimination legislation finally passed, it does not go far enough to protect all workers.
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Sugidha Nithiananthan and Rayner Tan
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Protection for workers has taken another major step forward in the new year. After months of hard work from the Government and its tripartite partners, stakeholders and various MPs, the new Workplace Fairness Act (WFA) was passed on Jan 8 in Parliament
The WFA has five categories of protected characteristics: age; nationality; sex, marital status, pregnancy status, and caregiving responsibilities; race, religion, and language; and disability and mental health conditions.
