Stephens v Australian Postal Corporation [2014] FCA 732

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Stephens v Australian Postal Corporation [2014] FCA 732 Citation: Stephens v Australian Postal Corporation [2014] FCA 732

Appeal from: Stephens v Australian Postal Corporation [2013] FCCA 1988

Parties: LARRY STEPHENS v AUSTRALIAN POSTAL CORPORATION

File number: NSD 2493 of 2013

Judge: FLICK J

Date of judgment: 10 July 2014

Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – refusal to employ – no positions vacant at the time – no adverse action – no discrimination on basis of physical disability – reverse onus of proof – onus discharged

Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 340, 342, 351, 361 Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Cth) Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) s 298K(1)(d)

Cases cited: Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union v Belandra Pty Ltd [2003] FCA 910, (2003) 126 IR 165 Australian Postal Corporation v Stephens (No 2) [2011] FCA 992, (2011) 207 IR 454 Board of Bendigo Regional Institute of Technical and Further Education v Barclay [2012] HCA 32, (2012) 248 CLR 500 Burnie Port Corporation Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia [2000] FCA 1768, (2000) 104 FCR 440 Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union v BHP Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 1008 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Coal and Allied Operations Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 1531, (1999) 140 IR 131 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v McCorkell Constructions Pty Ltd (No 2) [2013] FCA 446, (2013) 232 IR 290 Fraser v Fletcher Construction Australia Ltd (1996) IR 117 Maritime Union of Australia v Burnie Port Corporation Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 1189, (2000) 101 IR 435 McIlwain v Ramsey Food Packaging Pty Ltd [2006] FCA 828, (2006) 154 IR 111 Rojas v Esselte Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2008] FCA 1585, (2008) 177 IR 306 Re Stephens and Australian Postal Corporation [2011] AATA 824 Stephens v Australian Postal Corporation [2013] FCCA 1988 Stephens v Australian Postal Corporation [2011] FMCA 448, (2011) 207 IR 405