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HSC Legal Studies - Workplace

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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The main difference between a contract of service and a contract for service is:

A contract of service involves annual pay and a contract for services only casual pay

A contract for services is not a contract of employment

A contract of service is an agreement to perform work without being legally employed

A contract for services entitles a person to annual leave and sick leave

The Australian system of workplace relations has undergone many changes over the last decade. The current system is regulated under which legislation?

Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth)

Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

Work Choices Act 2005 (Cth)

Fair Work Act 2009 (NSW)

Which of the following is NOT a duty of an employer?

To provide work

To pay reasonanble wages

To provide opportunity for promotion

To provide a safe working environment

The four major stakeholders in the industrial relations process are:

employers, contractors, employees and trade unions

employers, employees, the government and trade unions

employers, the state government,the federal govenrment and trade unions

employers, employees, the government and government employees

An employee of a state government agency in NSW would attend which of the following in order to resolve a dispute with their employer?

Fair Work Australia

NSW Supreme Court

Federal Court of Australia

NSW Industrial Relations Commission

Which of the following matters is Fair Work Australia not involved in?

Monitoring modern awards, enterprise agreements and National Employment Standards

Making workplace determinations

Claims of unfair dismissal and discrimination

State awards and enterprise agreements

What is a workplace determination?

An order made as the result of FWA ordering arbitration for an agreement

An order made by FWA where paries appear to be unable to resolve their dispute

An order that is always made in an industrial dispute

An order that is not expected to be used very much in workplace relations.

How is remuneration of employees determined?

Awards, enterprise agreements and common-law contracts

Awards and enterprise agreements

Decisions of the Fair Work Authority

Awards, enterprise agreements, common-law contracts and the Minimum Wage Panel

What was the significance of the Harvester case?

It added responsibility to emploees as well as employers in ensuring a safe working environment

It introduced unfair dismissal laws

It introduced the concept of a fair or just wage

It introduced the concept of equal pay for equal work

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Under what circumstances do the National Employment Standards apply?

Apply to all awards and agreements

Only apply to awards

Only apply to enterprise agreements

Only apply to common-law agreements

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HSC Legal Studies - Workplace

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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