Human Rights and Legal Obligations in Australian Organizations

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Human rights are universal and they are for everyone at any place at any time
(Kempadoo, Sanghera & Pattanaik, 2015). The rights are based on values such as equality,
dignity freedom and the right to protect the quality of life. The human rights include the
following rights to the people of Australia- a fair trial, free speech, vote, free from discrimination
of age, sex or race, protection from arbitrary imprisonments, education, protection form violence
etc. The human rights help the people to get their basic right and this ensures equality in the
society. An obligation is a set of rules by which the parties are bound to refrain or act from
acting. Legal obligation means performing duties according to the law. A person who is bound to
do something, which is described in the law have to that thing if he/she failed to do so then legal
obligation cam be taken against that person.. For example, according to the legal obligations of
Australia, all the earning citizen of Australia has to pay the income tax. If any person failed to
pay the income tax or try to invade the taxes will be imposed fines and may be imprisonment.
Similarly citizens also have some legal obligations towards other people for example an earning
adult is liable to look after their parents who does not have any means of living.
Human rights are a necessary aspect in every organization. The employee tends to work
effectively if they get proper equality and the rights that they deserve. Without proper human
rights they tend to lack interests and working motivation in the organization. To be effective and
efficient the organization need to be unbiased similarly the employee needs to follow the legal
obligations in the organization. The legal obligations will ensure that there is no corruption or
fraud in the operational process. It will also help to maintain the proper rules and regulations
within the organizational workplace. According to , one of the major issues that the organizations
in Australia faces is the religious discrimination. To stop this issue the Australian government
have include the racial discrimination act 1975, which promotes equality among all the

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employees and the citizens of Australia regardless of their race, religion, colour and ethnic or
national origin. It stated that people discriminating others by these characteristics will be illegal
and unlawful. These ensured Australian workplace to be more diverse and effective. When the
racial discrimination is stopped the Australian organizations have become more successful as it
helped them to gather the best employee. There are countries where the religious discrimination
affects the overall performance of the organization; one of the examples is India. Religious
discrimination causes conflict in the organization and it also lead towards a bad workplace
environment which can prove to be a major issue in the long run. To be effective and efficient
the organization needs to follow the racial discrimination act. Another important issue is the age
discrimination. This means the employees are discriminated and are less favoured according to
the age. To protect the employees from this discrimination the Australian introduced the age
discrimination act 2004 which ensures that the people of Australia will not be treated less
favourably depending on their age in the various filed for example employment, education,
provision of services and goods (Ford, 2013). It gives equal opportunity to the deserving
candidates. This will help the organization to find better and effective employee for their
workplace. The disability discrimination act of 1992 is formed with the motto to eliminate the
discrimination against the physically challenged people (Widiss, 2012). This act promotes the
community acceptance that physically challenged people have the same rights as all the members
present in the community. This law helps the people to get the equal opportunity as rest of us.
Though this act is not viable in most of the organization where the human strength is required.
These types of acts help them to get forget about their disability and focus on their purpose or
aim. The religious discrimination act, age discrimination acts are the primary things that the
organization in Australia have to take in consideration. It develops a positive work environment