Resolving Disputes Terminology

benefits available to part time and permanent employees including annual leave, long service leave, sick leave and redundancy pay

• entitlements

• remuneration

• allowances

• compromise

• preferable

money paid for work or a service

• entitlements

• remuneration

• allowances

• compromise

• preferable

extra payments made to employees

• entitlements

• remuneration

• allowances

• compromise

• preferable

an agreement or settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions (being flexible).

• entitlements

• remuneration

• allowances

• compromise

• preferable

more desirable or suitable

• entitlements

• remuneration

• allowances

• compromise

• preferable

bound to a certain course of action

• dispute

• adversarial

• committed

• restructuring

• downsizing

legal proceedings in which the parties in a dispute have to present evidence to an impartial judge

• dispute

• adversarial

• committed

• restructuring

• downsizing

make (a company or organization) smaller by eliminating staff positions.

• dispute

• adversarial

• committed

• restructuring

• downsizing

significant action undertaken by a company in order to reshape its operations with the aim of reducing debt, increasing efficiency, and improving the business

• dispute

• adversarial

• committed

• restructuring

• downsizing

a disagreement or argument

• dispute

• adversarial

• committed

• restructuring

• downsizing