10 most common issues (including unlawful discrimination) raised with the Commission in 2017-18 Unlawful discrimination enquiries and complaints Key words Count Employment 1005 Race 825 Disability 764 Harassment 693 Government departments 675 Sex 628 Ethnic or national origins 532 Health 387 International 381 Age 366 In 2017-18, the Commission received 1567 enquiries and complaints about unlawful discrimination. Of these, 1381 were complaints alleging unlawful discrimination under Part 1A or Part 2 of the Human Rights Act. The Human Rights Act distinguishes between unlawful discrimination in the public sector and the private sector. Part 1A of the Act deals with complaints about legislation and government policy or practice. Part 2 deals with unlawful discrimination by business and non-government agencies as well as pre-employment and employment complaints in both private and public sectors. There were 1146 enquiries and complaints related to Part 2 (as against 954 in 2016-17) and 413 under Part 1A enquiries and complaints about unlawful discrimination (with 393 in 2016-17). There were eight dual classifications enquiries and complaints falling under both Part 1A and Part 2. Unlawful Discrimination Enquiries and Complaints by Sector Public Sector (P1A) 27% 36 Private Sector (P2) 73% Human Rights Commission

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