Discrimination Law: Age

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age discrimination

This page considers law and discrimination on the basis of age in Australia.

It covers -

     introduction

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     principles and issues

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     cases

Key cases are -

Bostick Australia Proprietary Ltd v Gorgevski (1992) 36 FLR 20
Byrne v Australian Airlines Ltd (1994) 47 FCR 300
Gilshenan v P.D. Mulligan P/L [1995] NSWEOT
Yaxley v Trust Bank of Tasmania (1996) AIRC 960095 TI-1245
Blatchford v Qantas Airways Limited [1997] NSWEOT
Ivory v Grifith University [1997] QADT 4 (30 January 1997) - here
Qantas Airways Limited v Christie [1998] HCA 18 (19 March 1998), 193 CLR 280 - here
Re McIntyre & Anor [1999] QSC 121 (7 June 1999) - here
Commonwealth of Australia v HREOC and Bradley [1999] FCA 1524 (4 November 1999) - here
Hopper & Others v Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd [2004] QADT 13 (12 May 2004)
Thompson v Big Bert Pty Ltd t/as Charles Hotel [2007] FCA 1978
O'Brien v Crouch [2007] FMCA 1976

studies

Studies include -

'Too Many Candles on the Birthday Cake: Age Discrimination, Work and the Law' by Patricia Easteal, Connie Cheung & Susan Priest in 7(1) QUT Journal of Law and Justice (2007) 93-107 - here
'Age Discrimination in Law and Practice' by Sol Encel in 3 Elder Law Review (2004) 1-14 - here
‘Prime Age Recruitment: The Challenges For Age Discrimination Legislation' by Lynne Bennington in Elder Law Review (2004) - here
The Recruitment of older Australian workers: A survey of employers in a high growth industry (2001) by Michael Bittman, Mardi Flick & James Rice - (PDF)
'Age Discrimination: Converging Evidence From Four Australian Studies' by Lynne Bennington in 13(3) Employee Responsibilities & Rights Journal (2001) 125-134
'Does the Secretarial Resume Open The Door to Age Discrimination?' by Lynne Bennington & Wein in 22 Australasian Journal on Ageing (2003) 70

Context is offered by -

Age Matters (Sydney: Human Rights & Equal Opportunities Commission 2000)
'Age Discrimination and Working Life: Perspectives and Contestations a Review of the Contemporary Literature' by Geoffrey Wood, Adrian Wilkinson & Mark Harcourt in 10(4) International Journal of Management Reviews (2008) 425-442
'The Youth Wage And Age-Base Discrimination: Rights vs Jobs'
by Judith Bessant in 35(3) Australian Journal of Social Issues (2000) 235-250

Australian primers include -

Age discrimination: Mitigating risk in the workplace (Sydney: CCH 2005) by Juliet Bourke, Penny Thew & Kate Eastman.

For international management and legal perspectives see -

Age Discrimination: An Historical and Contemporary Analysis (Cambridge: Cambridge Uni Press 2006) by John Macnicol
Just a Number: An International Legal Analysis on Age Discrimination (Aldershot: Ashgate 2008) by Anne-Marie Cotter
Age Discrimination In Employment (Aldershot: Ashgate 2006) by Malcolm Sargeant
Age Discrimination in the American Workplace: Old at a Young Age (New Brunswick: Rutgers Uni Press 2001) by Raymond Gregory
Age Discrimination and Children's Rights: Ensuring Equality & Acknowledging Difference (Martinus Nijhof 2005) by Claire Breen
Age Discrimination by Employers (Jefferson: McFarland 2001) by Kerry Segrave
'Ageism and Employment: Controversies, Ambiguities and Young People’s Perceptions' by Loretto, Duncan & White in 20 Ageing and Society (2000) 279
'The Impact of Legal Age Discrimination on Women in Professional Occupation' by Nancy Kurland in 11 Business Ethics Quarterly (2001) 331 - here

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