work and work future

Question 1

employee

Answer 1

individual that is hired to perform certain tasks to earn money

Question 2

soft skills

Answer 2

personal qualities that come naturally and allows the person to effectively interact with others

Question 3

hard skills

Answer 3

skills that are learnt and can be measured through a computer

Question 4

modern award

Answer 4

legal agreement that is set by the f.w.c., sets the minimum wage and workplace conditions

Question 5

enterprise agreement

Answer 5

set by the employee and employer which needs to be approved by the f.w.c. and can improve wages and working conditions

Question 6

Fair work commission

Answer 6

australia’s natural workplace Selection Tribunal

Question 7

discrimination

Answer 7

people or group treated differently and harshly

Question 8

unfair dissmisal

Answer 8

employer terminates contract due to unreasonable, harsh or unjust reasons

Question 9

summary dissmisal

Answer 9

employer dismisses employee for a reasonable reason such as violence, fraud and theft

Question 10

how employer and employee may engage with f.w.c.

Answer 10

1. filing a complaint about the worker
2. after filing an enterprise agreement to get the f.w.c. to agree if they are better off overall

Question 11

conditions to determine discrimination

Answer 11

1. if the individual or group is at a disadvantage due to one or more types of discrimination

Question 12

2

Answer 12

2. discrimination must have resulted into an adverse (negative) action (e.g. dismissing, making changes to disadvantage employee, and treating employee differently from others)

Question 13

criteria to determine bullying has occured

Answer 13

• person or group acted unreasonably against another person or group
• bullying was repeated
• result of bullying created health and safety risk

Question 14

legislation about bullying in workplaces

Answer 14

Brodies law protects workers from serious bullying and created charges and jail time as consequences)