A high school student in Wollongong has taken his own case of mistreatment to the Human Rights Commission, forcing the local Officeworks to stop making students leave their school bags at the door.

Eighteen-year-old Nicholas Simoes da Silva made the report after he felt he was unfairly made to leave his schoolbag unattended at the front of the store, while older customers were not asked to do the same.

The Commission found in Mr Simoes da Silva's favour, ordering the store to stop the practice, saying Officeworks was not “allowed to discriminate based on the provision of services, goods and services based on age.”

In a statement, Officeworks said it was never company policy to make customers leave their bags at the front of the stores, and that “all stores have been reminded that the practice must not occur.”