10340 Describe the application of law to discrimination

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Describe the application of law to discrimination

Level                             2

Credits                           2

Purpose       People credited with this unit standard are able to describe New Zealand
              anti-discrimination law, and describe actions and remedies to deal with
              unlawful discrimination.


Subfield                          Social Science Studies

Domain                            Legal Studies

Status                            Registered

Status date                       14 December 2007

Date version published            14 December 2007

Planned review date               31 December 2012

Entry information                 Open.

Accreditation                     Evaluation of documentation by NZQA.

Standard setting body (SSB)       NZQA Social Sciences (General Education)

Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference                   0226
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.

Special notes

1   Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes:
    Employment Relations Act 2000
    Human Rights Act 1993
    New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, and their subsequent amendments.

2   Useful references relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to:
    Human Rights Commission website: http://www.hrc.govt.nz.

3   This unit standard may lead on from Unit 542, Describe unlawful discrimination under
    the Human Rights Act and describe ways of responding to it.




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Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Describe New Zealand anti-discrimination law.

Performance criteria

1.1       Description includes the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1993, the New
          Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, and the Employment Relations Act 2000 in
          terms of their provisions relating to discrimination.

1.2       Description identifies grounds of unlawful discrimination as covered by the
          Human Rights Act 1993.

          Range         five grounds from – gender (including pregnancy and childbirth),
                        marital status, religious belief, ethical belief, colour, race, ethnic
                        origins, disability (physical and psychological), age, political
                        opinion, employment status, family status, sexual orientation.

1.3       Description identifies examples of lawful discrimination, and provides reasons in
          accordance with the Human Rights Act 1993.

          Range         at least two examples, which may include but are not limited to –
                        disability, gender, political affiliation, religious belief.

Element 2

Describe a legally recognised process and remedies to deal with unlawful discrimination.

Range     one of – Human Rights Act 1993, Employment Relations Act 2000.

Performance criteria

2.1       Description outlines a legally recognised process for dealing with discrimination.

2.2       Description includes possible remedies with regard to having a complaint
          upheld.

Please note

Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.

Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.

Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.




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Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.

Comments on this unit standard

Please contact the National Qualifications Services nqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.




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