Awards and agreements

There are two main methods of determining wages and conditions of work for employees, these are.....

Awards act as a safety net for employees, as employers are legally obligated to provide them with at least the minimum wages and conditions relevant to their industry.

• True

• False

• Neither

The minimum working standards in the award are set by

• Unions

• Employers

• FWC

• Employer Associations

Working conditions that meet the National Employment Standards (NES), this applies to

• Awards

• Agreements

Awards

• Only at a workplace

• legal documents that outline the minimum wages and conditions of work in an Industry

• Set by workplace

• legal documents that outline the wages and conditions of work (above minimum)

Match the following

• Awards

• legal documents that outline the minimum wages and conditions of work for employees across an

  entire industry.

• Agreements

• legal

  documents that outline

  the wages and conditions

  of employees and are

  applicable to a particular

  business or group of

  businesses.

• Collective Bargaining

• additional wages paid

  to employees who work outside of

  normal working hours

• National Employment Standards

• the minimum entitlements an employer owes its employees, which are set out by the Fair Work Commission (FWC).

• Penalty Rates

• the process of negotiation

  between employers and

  employees, or their chosen

  representatives, to reach

  an agreement regarding

  employee wages and

  conditions of employment

A review of an enterprise agreement conducted by the

Fair Work Commission to determine whether the terms of the said agreement are more or less beneficial for an employee, compared to the terms in the relevant award is called

Match the following

• Disavantage of an award

• Transparency and equality between

  employees is maintained, as they

  all receive the same wages and

  conditions as set out by their award.

• Disavantage of an agreement

• Employees may be unsatisfied by

  only receiving the minimum wages

  and conditions.

• Avantage of an award

• Businesses have greater flexibility when setting wages and conditions,

  allowing the business to better meet

  employee needs and objectives

• Avantage of an agreement

• It can be a time-consuming process for employees and employers

  to negotiate and establish the entitlements contained in an agreement.

Match the following

• Businesses must

  uphold requirements of

  employment as stated

  through NES

• Agreements

• Is reviewed and approved by the FWC

• Similarity for both

• Is developed by the Fair Work

  Commission (FWC)

• Awards

An ______ is a legal document that outlines wages and

conditions of employment and is negotiated between employees

and employers, or their representatives.