Employment Issues Defintions

Question 1

Apprenticeship?

Answer 1

Training and education in a trade

Question 2

Arbitration?

Answer 2

Use of an arbitrator to settle a dispute, they make a final & (binding) decision on a dispute between two parties

Question 3

Award?

Answer 3

Document that outlines and employees minimum pay and conditions

Question 4

Cadetship/traineeship?

Answer 4

Training in a full time job, with time allocated to attend Uni/tafe

Question 5

Collective wants?

Answer 5

Goods/services that are for the use of the whole community

Question 6

Common law (employment) contract?

Answer 6

When an employer & an individual employee negotiate a contract covering pay conditions

Question 7

Conciliation?

Answer 7

It’s like mediation; but the conciliator can suggest possible solutions

Question 8

Enterprise agreement?

Answer 8

Agreement about pay and conditions made at workplace: enterprise level

Question 9

Entitlements?

Answer 9

Non-wage benefits such as long service leave/ sick leave

Question 10

GST?

Answer 10

Broad based tax of 10% on the supply of most goods/services consumed in Australia

Question 11

Grievance procedures?

Answer 11

Number of predetermined steps that are followed to solve a dispute (disagreement)

Question 12

Labour force?

Answer 12

People 15+ employed or unemployed

Question 13

Loading?

Answer 13

Compensation that’s for causal employees for lack of entitlements

Question 14

Mediation?

Answer 14

When a third party helps those involved in a dispute to reach a solution acceptable for both sides

Question 15

Participation rate?

Answer 15

Proportion of people aged 15+ either looking for a job or who are employed

Question 16

Piece workers?

Answer 16

People paid according to the amount of items they make

Question 17

Primary industry?

Answer 17

Industry involved in growing or extracting natural resources

Question 18

Pro rate?

Answer 18

Proportion of normal full-time benefits related to the hours worked

Question 19

Quaternary industry?

Answer 19

Industry involved in the transfer & processing of information & knowledge (eg. ICT, telecommunications)

Question 20

Quincey industry?

Answer 20

Industry involved in providing domestic services (eg. Cleaning)

Question 21

Redundancy?

Answer 21

When a person/ group is no longer needed for the job, they are no longer needed to perform the job, sometimes due to technological changes

Question 22

Secondary industry?

Answer 22

Industry involved in turning raw materials into finished or semi-finished products

Question 23

Superannuation?

Answer 23

A way of saving so an employee has money for retirement

Question 24

Taxes?

Answer 24

Part of our income taken by the government to pay for collective goods & services

Question 25

Tertiary industry?

Answer 25

Involved in providing services to others (eg. Dentist)

Question 26

Unfair dismissal?

Answer 26

Termination of unemployment that is considered harsh, unjust, or unreasonable

Question 27

Work-life balance?

Answer 27

Achieving the right amount of time devoted to work & for personal life