Employment Flashcards
Discrimination
Treating someone less favourably because of ethnicity, gender, age, religion or disability
Types of dismissal
Summary - breach of contract
By notice - failing to perform
Redundancy - no longer needs employee
Unfair dismissal
Harsh/unjust reasons for sacking
How much superannuation do employers pay
9.5%
Types of taxation
Income tax Company tax Excise duty Customs duty GST (10%)
Types of contracts
Modern award
Enterprise agreement
Common law contract
Grievance procedures
Negotiation
Mediation
Conciliation (fair work commission)
Arbitration (fair work commission legally binding tribunal)
Outsourcing
Using external services
Piecework
Payed by the amount of items one makes
Unemployed
Being: without work, available to work or actively seeking work
Rate of unemployment
(Number of unemployed/total labour force) * 100/1