Media Release - ALRC seeks input into its Inquiry into legal barriers to mature age persons participating in the workforce and other productive work
Date published :
2
May
2012
The Australian Law Reform Commission today released an Issues
Paper for its Inquiry into legal barriers to mature age
participation in the workforce and other productive work-Grey
Areas: Age Barriers to Work in Commonwealth Laws (ALRC IP 41,
2012). Australia's population is ageing rapidly. By 2044-45 almost
one in four Australians will be aged 65 years or older and this
will have a significant implication for Australia's economy with
the need to encourage people to stay at work for as long as they
are able and willing. This Inquiry forms part of the Australian
Government's response to this issue. The ALRC has been asked to
look at a range of laws, including superannuation law; family
assistance, child support and social security law; employment law;
insurance law; compensation laws; and any other relevant
Commonwealth legislation exempt under the Age Discrimination Act
2004 (Cth). For the purposes of this Inquiry mature age is defined
as being over 45 years.
Download and view the Issues Paper (PDF
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