2023-08-05
The complainant is from Papua New Guinea and is a person of colour. He was employed as an orderly with the respondent not for profit hospital. The complainant alleged he was subjected to racist slurs and conduct from various staff including a colleague performing mock tribal dances in front of him. The complainant alleged the hospital failed to act on his allegations of racial discrimination. He said his employment was terminated after he damaged a colleague’s car in retaliation for ongoing discriminatory treatment.
The hospital claimed it investigated the complainant’s allegations and found only one claim to be substantiated. The hospital claimed it took appropriate action in response to the complainant’s allegations and that the termination of his employment was appropriate.
The complaint was resolved with an agreement that the hospital pay the complainant approximately $3,750, equivalent to three weeks’ salary.
Year
Discrimination type
Racial Discrimination Act
Grounds
Colour
Descent
Ethnic origin
National origin/extraction
Race
Racial hatred
Areas
Employment
Other section 9
Racial hatred
Compensation
Amount
Approximately $3,750