Task Words
Provide similarities and differences between the key ideas.
Compare
Define resignation.
The voluntary ending of employment by the employee ‘quitting’ their job.
Define employer associations.
Organisations that represent and offer advice to employers with workplace relations issues.
Define entreprise agreement.
Enterprise agreement refer an agreement on pay and conditions of work made at the workplace level and negotiated between groups of employees (or represented by their union) and employers.
Provide two causes of disputes at the work place.
- Remuneration
- Employment conditions
- Other agreement-related matters
- Health and safety
- Job Security
Provide a clear, detailed & understandable meaning of the key idea.
Explain
What type of dismissal is it when an employee doesn't perform to satisfactory standards.
Summary on notice
List two ways of positive workplace relations.
- employees are satisfied with wages and working conditions,
- business can remain productive, competitive and profitable
- disputes are minimised or resolved fairly.Provide one advantage and on disadvantage for Awards.
+ve: Less time consuming determining appropriate terms and conditions
+ve: Employees have limited input into their wages and work conditions
-ve: May not attract the best candidates
-ve: Provides less flexibility - cannot be customised to workplace needs
-ve: A business may need to implement numerous Awards in the same workplace.
Define mediation
Confidential discussion of issues in a non-threatening environment, in the presence of a neutral, objective third party, who helps the parties in dispute to work towards an agreement, but does not offer suggestions or solutions.
Explain key features of the main point, theory or context. Specify how it may impact the given scenario/case study.
Analyse
Provide two transition considerations for when an employee has been made redundant.
- job interview training
- career coaching
- assistance with improving resumes
- career counselling
Provide three roles of a Human Resource Manager
- Negotiation of employment agreements with employees and their representatives
- Implementation of agreement
- Training of staff
- Dealing with disputes
List three elements of the National Employment Standards.
- Annual leave
- Public holidays
- Parental leave
- Long service leave
- Number of working hours
Distinguish between mediation and arbitration. (2 marks)
Teacher's discretion.
Provide both sides of a key idea.
Discuss
To whom can dismissed employees lodge an unfair dismissal claim?
Fair Work Commission
Describe four roles of the Fair Work Commission.
§Making and varying Awards in the national workplace relations system.
§Approves agreements reached between employers and employees at the enterprise level.
§
- Hear unfair and unlawful dismissal
- Regulating and monitoring industrial action
- Hearing and investigating bullying and harassment claims
- Assisting in resolving workplace disputes through mediation, conciliation and arbitration
- Agreements allow employees to have a say, whilst awards do not
- Agreements can provide rewards for productivity whilst awards do not
- Agreements can be tailors to specific circumstances
- Agreements must meet the Better Off Overall Test
Provide two advantages and two disadvantages to arbitration.
Teacher's Discretion
Provide a brief account of the key idea (Hint: Include a definition and a bit more detail)
Outline
Define: The rights to benefits that employees have when leaving the workplace, either on a voluntary or an involuntary basis.
Provide 3 examples of this.
Entitlement considerations.
- Salary
- Annual leave
- Long service leave
- Redundancy pay
Define trade unions and describe four of their roles in regards to workplace relations.
Trade unions refer to organisations formed by employees in an industry, trade or occupation to represent and offer advice to employees with workplace relations issues.
- Negotiation new wage agreements on behalf of employees.
- Offer advice to employees- Support and represent employees in disputes
- Organise industrial action (e.g. strike)
Provide two similarities between Awards and agreements.
- Must be upgraded periodically
- Must provide dispute resolution process
- Must provide the National Employment Standards
- Must be ratified by FWC
Provide three advantages of awards.
Teacher's Discretion