Employment and Work Futures

Question 1

Non financial benefits of work?

Answer 1

Friends
relationship/connections
Experience

Question 2

Financial benefits of working?

Answer 2

Savings
ability to buy essetnail needs
Maintaining a good standard of living

Question 3

10 benefits of working?

Answer 3

Earn money
To improve standard of living
Status and prestige
Self satisfaction
To make friends
To help others
Disposable Income
To manage a housegold
To add to superannuation
Quality of life

Question 4

WHat s proggressive income tax?

Answer 4

Higher income earners pay more than low income earners on tax so their is an even distribution pf income

Question 5

What are social welfare payments?

Answer 5

Tax moneu is used for payments to do not contribute to the economy due to (diability, elderly chroniclly ill) Disability and age pensions and unemployment benefits

Question 6

Features of a full time work employee?

Answer 6

COntinuing ongoing employment
number of hours per work is 38hours
range of entitlements

Question 7

Features of part time work employees?

Answer 7

Ongoing employment
Number of hours per week is fewer than 38
Some entitlemetns

Question 8

Features of a casual employee?

Answer 8

Shift work (weekly roster)
No access to entitlements

Question 9

Feautes of an Apprenticeship employee?

Answer 9

paid to learn on the job
Training under a qualifed practitioner

Question 10

Features of a traineeship?

Answer 10

Combination of employment and training in order to gain a qualification

Question 11

Advantages of Full time work?

Answer 11

Job security
sick, annual lon sevice and parental leae
car benefits and bonsues

Question 12

Advantages of part time?

Answer 12

Flexible hours
Possibiloty to experiecne more than one job or allow to study

Question 13

Advantages of casual work?

Answer 13

Doesnt require skill
usually for a designated time frame
readily available

Question 14

Disadvantges of casual work?

Answer 14

no entitlements
less job security
may not provide adequate income

Question 15

People who are not regarded as part of the labour force?

Answer 15

Pensioners
Disabled people who are unable to work
Full time carers

Question 16

WHat rewuirements do people need to fulfill to be considered employed?

Answer 16

15 or older
Wor one hour in the week or employed
have recieves, pay, profit, commission, or some kind of payment

Question 17

What is the primary industry?

Answer 17

Produces raw materials (wood, fresh fruit)
Farming, mining, fishing

Question 18

What is the secondary industry?

Answer 18

Change between raw materials into semifinished producs
Iron ore, coal and limetision inot steel

Question 19

What is the tertiary industry?

Answer 19

Provide a service to others
retailers, dentists solicitors, banks and health workers

Question 21

What is the quinary industry?

Answer 21

All services that have traditonally been performes in the home
hospitality, tourism, craft-based activities

Question 22

Seven changes to patterns of employment?

Answer 22

Participation rates
Hours of work
Work life balance
Availability
Job security
Career length
Impact of technology

Question 23

WHy is there a change in Hours of work?

Answer 23

Due to the significant increase in part time employment during this peropd. Part time roles now exist in almost all industries

Question 24

WHy is there a chnage in work life balance?

Answer 24

Many employees are requesting work arrangements that improve work life balance. EMployers are recgnising the cost saving and benefits of a ‘family friendly’ workplace practices ti motivate and ratin skilled staff

Question 25

Why is there a change in Career length?

Answer 25

Career lengths are becoming shorter generally due to social reasons Economic reasons Career related Readed Workplace inclusion/exclusion

Question 26

What are unions in the workplace?

Answer 26

Organisatopm that looks after workers in a particular job or industry. Their aim is to Protect memebers ensure fari treatment Promote quality of life issues

Question 27

What is paid parental leave?

Answer 27

Enables workers to recieve pay while off work with newborn children. In Australia they provide payment for the first 18 weeks of the childs life

Question 28

What is PAYG?

Answer 28

Progression tax system, which increases the porpotion of paid tax when icnome increases

Question 29

What is work health and safety?

Answer 29

The safety and oritectopm of employees and outlines the legal requirements for employees and employers

Question 30

What is the equal employment oppurtunity?

Answer 30

The principal that everyones can have equal access tk employment oppurtunitues based on merit. Thus based on laws that include Sex, Age, Disability, Racial dicrimination act

Question 31

Three fair dismissal practices?

Answer 31

Summary dissmisal - serious breach of behaviour Dismissal by Notice - Failure to perform job redundancy or retenchment - no longer needed

Question 32

What are the fair work commission and fucntions?

Answer 32

Dealing with: unfari dismisssal, bullying

Question 33

What are the modern Awards?

Answer 33

The legally enforceable minimum terms and conditions that apply to a business or industry. include info about: wages rest breaks, hours of work allowance for unifroms or tools leave, including sick, holfuday, long service, study, familu nad maternity leave

Question 34

Advantages of the modern awards?

Answer 34

Employee safety Cover all employees performing similar job Sets rules or minimum pay and conditions

Question 35

Disadvantages pf the modern awards?

Answer 35

Unflesibe pREVENT RECOGNITON OF INDIVIDUAL INTITIATIVE AS ALL EMPLOYEES RECIEVE THE SAME PAY

Question 36

What are the enterprise agreements?

Answer 36

A negotiates agreement about pay and conditions madeat a workplace/enterprise level betwee an employer and a group of employees or union

Question 37

Advantages of enterprise agreements?

Answer 37

Employees have a say greater flexibility Access to training Possibility og improved pay and conditons

Question 38

Disadvantages of enterprise agreements?

Answer 38

Undermining of awards standards Job losses Greater inequality of wage rates between employees

Question 39

What is a greviance procedure?

Answer 39

A formal and strcutures way to adress conflicts or problems, ensuring fairnesss and proper resolution

Question 40

What is a negotiation?

Answer 40

A discussion and bargaining process between employers and employees with the aim of reaching a mutul understandng

Question 41

What is a mediation?

Answer 41

Refers to a strucutres proess in which a neutral third oartt helps facilitate discussions and negotations

Question 42

What is conciliation?

Answer 42

Mutual third party helps to assist parties involved to find mutual acceptance

Question 43

What is arbiation?

Answer 43

A formal process where both oarties present their evidence and a final decision is enforced

Question 44

Four causes of unemployment?

Answer 44

Economic growth and conditions Structural changes Technological change Outsourching

Question 45

What is structural unemployment?

Answer 45

changes in the structure of the economy over time due to technology chnages and chnages in the pattern and nature of cosnumer spenifnf

Question 46

WHat is frictional unemployment?

Answer 46

Chnage in employment environments

Question 47

What is Cyclical unemployment?

Answer 47

downswing and recession phases of the trade cycle

Question 48

WHat is seasonal unemployment?

Answer 48

Occupations tha depend on nature for work

Question 49

What are some benefits of education and trainign?

Answer 49

Higher income Opportunity for promotion Adaptability