Night Shifts and Age: Rethinking Fairness in the Workplace The debate over whether older workers should be expected to do night shifts has been simmering in hospitals for years.
Some argue that age based reductions are a form of unfair favoritism, while others contend that fairness demands equal participation in night shifts unless there's a medical exemption.
Australia's anti discrimination laws rely on formal equality logic, which insists that all workers should participate equally in night shifts unless they have a medical exemption.