Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation) Share this | Hansard source

I understand from news reports that the three employees of InstallEx have been made redundant because there is not enough work for them. Apparently, they have been offered work on a casual basis under individual contracts. It is a fact that, under Work Choices, an employee who has been terminated for genuine operational reasons, is excluded from making an unfair dismissal claim even if they work for a business that employs more than 100 employees. However, an employer cannot unlawfully discriminate against an employee when terminating employment on genuine operational grounds. An employee who is dismissed for a combination of operational and discriminatory reasons—for example, because of race or age—is still able to obtain remedies for unlawful termination of—