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Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Webpage
Complaints under the Age Discrimination Act
Complaints under the Age Discrimination Act Download in PDF Download in Word Table of contents What is the Age Discrimination Act? When can this law be used? What is age discrimination? Exemptions Positive discrimination What can I do if I experience discrimination? What will happen with my complaint? Where can I get more information? What is the Age Discrimination Act? The Age… -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageAge Matters?
Many age distinctions have long been taken for granted in Australian law and policy. They affect people at both ends of the age spectrum - both younger and older Australians. -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Temporary exemptions under the Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth)
Section 44 of the Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth) (the Age Discrimination Act) gives the Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) the power to grant temporary exemptions from certain provisions of the Age Discrimination Act. Section 44 of the Age Discrimination Act provides as follows: -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Age Discrimination Legislation
Response to information paper containing proposals for Commonwealth Age Discrimination Legislation -
Age Discrimination
14 December 2012PublicationAge Discrimination: exposing the hidden barrier for mature age workers
Contents Foreword Executive summary 1 Introduction 2 Ageism and age discrimination – what is it? 2.1 What is ageism? 2.2 The link between ageism, age discrimination and employment 2.3 Age-based stereotypes in employment 3 The Age Discrimination Act and the international legal framework – what are the protections? 3.1 How is ‘age’ recognised at the international level? 3.2 What legal… -
14 December 2012Book page
5 Focused age assessment interviews
Focused age assessment interviews can be a useful technique for assessing age. Interviews of this kind have been used in Australia in a range of different ways since late 2010. -
14 December 2012Book page
6 Age enquiries in Indonesia
When it can be obtained, verified documentary evidence from a person’s country of origin can be reliable evidence of that person’s age. Consequently, the making of enquiries in Indonesia about whether such documentary evidence exists is an important means of age assessment. When they are made, such enquiries are ordinarily part of the investigation process conducted by the Australian… -
14 December 2012Book page
An age of uncertainty - Foreword
This report makes disturbing reading. It documents numerous breaches by Australia of both the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. As a nation that is understandably anxious that the rights of our own children should be respected when they come into contact with the authorities of other countries, it is troubling that between late… -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Redundancy Arrangements and Age Discrimination
This report concerns discrimination on the ground of age in employment and occupation. It deals with complaints against two state government employers about the use of age distinctions in the formulation of redundancy entitlements. The complainants submitted that the monetary value of the voluntary departure packages they received as employees over the age of 50, and on one case over 60, were… -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission on the Age Discrimination Bill 2003
Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee on the Age Discrimination Bill 2003 3 September 2003 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Commission) welcomes the federal government's proposal in the Age Discrimination Bill 2003 ('the Bill') to make discrimination because of age unlawful. 1.2 The concept of age discrimination is not…