Hong Kong Ordinances

FAMILY STATUS DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE - SECT 12

Trade Unions, etc.

(1) This section applies to an organization of workers, an organization of
employers, or any other organization whose members carry on a particular
profession or trade for the purposes of which the organization exists.

(2) It is unlawful for an organization to which this section applies, in the
case of a person who has family status and who is not a member of the
organization, to discriminate against that person-

   (a)  in the terms on which it is prepared to admit that person to
        membership; or

   (b)  by refusing, or deliberately omitting to accept, his application for
        membership.

(3) It is unlawful for an organization to which this section applies, in the
case of a person who has family status and who is a member of the
organization, to discriminate against that person-

   (a)  in the way it affords that person access to any benefits, facilities
        or services, or by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford him
        access to them;

   (b)  by depriving that person of membership, or varying the terms on which
        he is a member; or

   (c)  by subjecting that person to any other detriment.