Definitions
a cluster of jobs with similar characteristics requiring similar skills. For example a Photographer or a Journalist.
What is an occupation
A concept that is based around agreements between employers and employees. it is the opposite of unemployment.
What is employment?
treating people differently based on a characteristic such as religious affiliation, sexual orientation or ethnic background
What is discrimination?
What are Primary Industies?
a document which sets out the minimum terms and conditions of employment on top of the National Employment Standards.
What is a Modern Award?
the transformation of a workplace from permanent contracts to a short-term temporary basis.
What is casualisation ?
Any form of behaviour that is offensive, intimidating, humiliating or threatening AND that is done because you have a particular personal characteristic, like being gay, or coming from another country, having an disability.
What is Harassment?
The independent national workplace relations tribunal. It is responsible for maintaining a safety net of minimum wages and employment conditions, as well as a range of other workplace functions and regulation.
What is the Fair Work Commission ?
car manufacturers, food production or building companies.
What are secondary Industries?
Who is Luke Skywalker's Uncle?
Uncle Owen
and 6 more
What are the National Employment Standards ?
When a person or a group of people repeatedly act unreasonably towards you AND their behaviour creates a risk to health and safety. Some examples of bullying are:
What is bullying?
Higher pay rates that employees need to be paid for working particular hours or days.
What are penalty rates ?
Which industry type is missing?
Mining, fishing, car manufacturing.
Tertiary industry
True or false
You should discuss issues of bullying, harassment and discrimination with your Human Resources manager.
True
They advocate and bargain with employers on behalf of employees.
What is a union?
A modified form of awards, made at a workplace level, that involve one or more employees and one or more employers. Often unions will represent workers in bargaining for this agreement.
ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT
to promote harmonious, productive and cooperative workplace relations. The FWO also monitors, inquires into, investigates, and enforces compliance with Australia's workplace laws. building strong and effective relationships with industry, unions and other stakeholders.
Fair Work Ombudsman
The increased use of machines, cheaper overseas labour and the low pay nature of these types of jobs means they are declining in Australia.
What type industry is this ?
Why are primary industry jobs disappearing?
True or false
You can make a complaint to the Fair Work Commission if you experience discrimination at work.
True
The process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas and other aspects of culture.
What is globalisation ?
A law that applies to employees, employers, employee organisations and employer organisations. This law allows the negotiation of an award or an agreement and sets out National Employment Standards.
Fair Work Act
This term describes a person who is self-employed and is not necessarily committed to a specific employer.
What is a FREELANCER ?
financial institutions, schools, hotels, and restaurants.
What are tertiary industries?
Who appoints Fair Work Inspectors to carry out investigations to enforce compliance with workplace laws.
Fair Work Ombudsman