Commerce - Work and Work Futures

Question 1

Enterprising

Answer 1

Demonstrating initiative and willingness to undertake new projects

Question 2

Employee

Answer 2

An individual who is hired to perform specific tasks in return for payment

Question 3

Soft Skills

Answer 3

Personal qualities that allow a person to effectively interact with other people in a harmonious manner

Question 4

Hard Skills

Answer 4

Skills that are teachable and can be measured, such as using a computer

Question 5

Modern award

Answer 5

A legal agreement that sets out minimum pay and other employment conditions

Question 6

Enterprise agreement

Answer 6

An agreement made directly between employers and employees about wages and working conditions

Question 7

Fair Work Commission

Answer 7

Australia’s national worklpace relations tribunal, which carries out a range of functions concerning working conditions and resolution of workplaces disputes

Question 8

Discrimination

Answer 8

the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, age, sex, or disability

Question 9

Unfair dismissal

Answer 9

Dismissal without good reason

Question 10

How COVID has changed the workforce

Answer 10

• Working remotely instead of in offices
• Increased awareness of mental health and well-being
• Benefits of flexibility and convenience
• The office as a social interactive environment (more appreciated)

Question 11

Three criteria workplace bullying needs to merit

Answer 11

1. A person/group of people behaved unreasonably towards a person/group of people
2. It is a repeated occurrence

3 .It creates a health and/or safety risk

Question 12

Brodie’s Law

Answer 12

Serious bullying is an offense punishable by a max of 10 years imprisonment