The workplace - Pop Quiz

What are the main types of employment contracts?

• Award, Enterprise agreement, Common law contract

• Award, Enterprise agreement, Independent contractors

• Enterprise agreement, Union agreement, Employment law

What do modern awards include information about?

• Skills, industry, wage increases, protections,

• Wages, work hours, uniform allowances, leave, superannuation, and redundancy

• Pay and conditions

When employees get a higher pay rate on weekends and public holidays, what is it called?

• Reward

• Overtime

• Penalty rates

An …… is an extra payment made to employees who do certain tasks or have a particular skill, use their own tools at work or work in unpleasant or dangerous conditions.

• Allowance

• Deduction

• Salary

• Bonus

What is one advantage of an enterprise agreement?

• Possibility of job losses

• Possibility of undermining of award standards, with some employees working longer hours

• Possibility of improved pay and conditions

What is one disadvantage of an enterprise agreement?

• Greater inequity in wage rates between employees

• Access to training

• Greater flexibility

What is one advantage of common law contracts?

• Offer less protection than other agreements

• Flexibility to suit the varied needs of individuals

• The expense of any court case if either party sues for compensation

What is one disadvantage of common law contracts?

• Right to sue for compensation if the employment conditions are not met

• Individual initiative rewarded

• They offer less protection than other agreements.

What do employees expect employers to do?

• Not pay superannuation

• Pay the correct income.

• Respect colleagues and employers

What do employers expect employees to do?

• Use care and skill in carrying out their work activities

• Show up to work late

• Be disruptive at work