Employment & Work Futures - Rights & Responsibilities Flashcards
1
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Roles In The Workplace
Contractors
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workers with specific skill set, for short periuods of time, employers cut costs
2
Q
What are Employers’ rights and responsibilities?
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- safe workplace
- finanical compensation for work
- provide nessesary training
- contribute to superannuation
- rights to employees
3
Q
Trade Unions
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- pressure government through industrial action
- improving worker conditions or pay
- provide legal assistance and training
4
Q
Employer Associations
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- Lobby governments to advocate for industries
5
Q
Government Role in The Workplace
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- Set and enforce standards
- superannuation entitlements
- minimum wage
- leave
6
Q
Employment Contracts & 3 Stages
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- Legally binding formal agreement
- offer, acceptance, consideration
7
Q
3 Types of Employment Contracts
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- Awards (minimum wage, working conditions, entitlements, hours)
- Enterprise agreement (pay and conditions - on enterprise level)
- Common law contract (negotiate pay and conditions in contract)
8
Q
Redundancy
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Termination of employment contract, not needed/gone bankrupt
9
Q
Paid Parental Leave
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- Government-funded
- Introduced 2011
- 18 weeks within the first year of child’s birth
- 2 weeks for partner
10
Q
Taxation
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- Main source of Government income
11
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Types of Taxation
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- Income tax (most common, fluxuates on income)
- Company tax (from business profit)
- Excise Duty (from petrol, alcohol, cigarettes)
- Customs tax (from imported goods)
- Capital gains tax (from profits on property and shares)
- Goods and Services Tax (consumption tax)
12
Q
WHS Legislation
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- Work Health Safety Act 2010
- protection of employees
- legal requirements for employers and employees
- inspection, training, policies, committees, protective gear
13
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Anti-discrimination
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- Gender, sexual orientation
- ethnicity, religious faith
- physical/mental disability
- politial opinion
- marital status, pregnancy/potential pregnancy
14
Q
Fair Work Commission
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- National workplace relations tribunal
- Enforce fair work act 2009
15
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Role of the Fair Work Commission
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- minium wage
- national employment standard
- creating awards and approving enterprise agreements
- resolving workplace disputes
