You file a complaint with the discrimination ombudsman, they investigate and if they find that you are right they try to reach a settlement between you and your

You file a complaint with the discrimination ombudsman, they investigate and if they find that you are right they try to reach a settlement between you and your employer. If that fails, either party can take it to the courts. Yes, there's a cost to these laws and these processes, but I think (and the politicians of my country obviously agrees) that it's cheaper and easier to do it this way, than to add a corporate tax and redistribute that money to groups that suffer from workplace discrimination. It seems to work here, but that doesn't mean it would work as well elsewhere. There are so many factors that make up a society.