Training
Payments
Types of Leave
Legal
Miscellaneous
100
Paid holidays to which full time and part time employees are entitled
What is Annual Leave
100
Payment for services that is usually made on an hourly, daily, weekly or piece basis.
What is Wages?
100
Paid leave granted to an employee who cannot attend work because of illness or injury.
What is Sick Pay?
100
Legal binding document that sets out rates of pay and conditions for an occupation.
What is an Award?
100
Tax deductred from an employee's wage by the employer and paid to the government.
What is Income Tax?
200
Combines practical work with structured training to provide nationally recognised qualifications and experience.
What is an Australian Apprenticeship?
200
Time worked in excess of the daily/weekly hours.
What is Overtime?
200
Paid holidays to which all full time and part time employees are entitled.
What is Annual Leave?
200
An Australian Government policy to discourage discrimination in employment.
What is Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
200
Pay/Wages without tax taken out.
What is Gross Pay?
300
An undergraduate qualification requiring three or more years of full time study.
What is a Bachelor degree?
300
The lowest wage which may legally be paid to an adult employee.
What is Minimum wage?
300
Granted to parents to cover a period of several weeks before or after the birth of a child.
What is Maternity or Parternity Leave?
300
Organisations run by workers to help employees get a fair go at work.
What is a Union?
300
Pay/wages after all deductions.
What is Net Pay?
400
Post compulsory education and training excluding university studies.
What is Vocational Education and Training (VET)?
400
Any unpaid participation in the workforce designed to provide an experience of working life.
What is Work Experience?
400
An extra payment given to some employees when they take annual leave which is 17 1/2 percent of holiday pay.
What is Leave Loading?
400
An informal agreement between an employer and employee about the job to be done and the conditions of employment.
What is a Contract of Employment
400
A written outline of the main duties, responsibilities and qualifications required for a particular job.
What is Duty Statement or Statement of Duties?
500
Post-secondary courses offered by universities, private providers and TAFE institutes.
What is Tertiary education?
500
A fixed amount of money paid to an employee for work performed (paid annually, monthly, fortnightly or weekly).
What is Salary?
500
Paid leave granted to cover specific situations such as dealth of close relatives, jury service, attending graduation.
What is Special Leave?
500
A government loan scheme that helps full-fee students to meet their tuition costs.
What is FEE-HELP?
500
A savings scheme to support retirement and funded by employers and employees.
What is Superannuation?