Federal Court of Australia
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Court OF AUSTRALIA INDUSTRIAL LAW - complaint of UNLAWFUL TERMINATION - whether employment terminated at initiative of employer or by effluxion of time - whether termination for the prohibited reason of age - whether applicant's employment terminated at age 65 by legislative prescription - whether award provision limiting duration of applicant's employment to age 65 was inconsistent with requirements of Termination of Employment Convention - whether termination constituted discrimination contrary to Part 4E Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW)
Industrial Relations Act 1988 (Cth) ss 3, 170CA, 170CB, 170DE, 170DF, 170EA, 170HA, 416, Sch 10, Arts 4 & 5, Sch 11, Art 5 Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) s 416 Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 (Cth) ss 3, 89, 90, 90A, 90B Industrial Relations Reform Act 1993 (Cth) ss 170HA Postal Services Act 1975 (Cth) ss 3, 41, 42, 57 Postal Services Amendment Act 1988 (Cth) ss 5, 12, 28 Telecommunications and Postal Services (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1989 (Cth) s 75 Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) Part 4E Australia Post General Conditions of Employment Award 1989 cl 36(a)(iii); cl 5 ILO 67th Session 1981, Report VIII(1) Termination of Employment at the Initiative of the Employer ILO 1995 General Survey on the Termination of Employment Convention (N0 158) and Recommendation (No 166) 1982
State of Victoria v Commonwealth of Australia (1996) 187 CLR 416 - considered Selvachandran v Peteron Plastics (1995) 62 IR 371 - cited Qantas Airways Limited v Christie (1998) 152 ALR 365 - considered Fisher v Edith Cowan University (1997) 72 IR 464 - cited Grout v Gunnedah Shire Council (1994) 1 IRCR 143 - cited Applicant A v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1997) 142 ALR 331 - cited Mohazab v Dick Smith Electronics Pty Ltd (No.2) (1995) 62 IR 200 - cited T A Robinson & Sons Pty Ltd v Haylor (1957) 97 CLR 177 - applied STANLEY EDWARD GRIFFIN v THE AUSTRALIAN POSTAL CORPORATION NI 4259 of 1995 SPENDER, VON DOUSSA & MARSHALL JJ BRISBANE (heard in Sydney) 1 JUNE 1998
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