HSC Option
Individuals and Work
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Using the paper around the room, answer the following questions:
Do you have a job? If so, where do you work?
When did you first start working?
Where do you currently work?
What is the best part of your work?
What do you least enjoy about working?
How many hours a week do you work?
How do you get to and from work?
Does work impact on your school work or social life?
Do both your parents work? if so, who works more hours each week?
Individuals and Work
Individuals and Work
The Nature of Work
Changing Patterns of Work
Structures that Support Individuals in the Workplace.
Managing Individual and Workplace Roles
Youth Employment
Individuals and Work
Individuals and Work
"Work is a productive activity that occurs in a variety of settings. The nature of work changes over the life span, requiring balance with other aspects of an individual's life".
The Nature of Work
The Nature of Work
Reasons People Work
Reasons People Work
To meet specific needs
Economic benefits
Value and status
Safety and Security
Safety and Security
Health
Health
Employment
Employment
Sense of Identity
Sense of Identity
Education
Education
Adequate Standard of Living
Adequate Standard of Living
Economic
Economic
Economic benefits include wages or a salary. Economic or monetary rewards are given for labour, either through direct or indirect payments.
Values
Values
Values are things that are important to the individual and/or the community. Aspects such as improving ones self esteem, supporting the environment or lending a hand to those less fortunate.
Status
Status
Status may influence how people perceive work. Status is a societal based rank of an individual's importance derived from their job. Integrity, morals, levels of employment and education are all factors associated with status.
Read the following resource: What are your work values? identify yours and learn what they mean: BetterUp article - Elizabeth Perry ACC.
Watch the following program: Unemployed, underemployed, underpaid: the reality for young workers.
The Labour Force
The Labour Force
Definitions:
Definitions:
1. The Labour Force - The number of people who are working or able to work.
2. Employed - An employed person is one who is aged 15 years or older who works more than one hour per week and is paid either directly or indirectly in a job, business or farm. They can also be employed if they work one hour or more in a family business or farm without payment.
3. Unemployed - This includes anyone who is 15 years or older and is actively seeking and available for work.
4. Employed part time - Anyone working fewer than 35 hours per week.
5. Employed full time - Those working more than 35 hours per week.
6. Participation rate - The labour force expressed as a percentage of the whole population.
Patterns of work - The Lifespan.pdfThe Lifespan
The Lifespan
Throughout the lifespan there will be periods of time where individuals may move between full time work and part time work, or periods of unemployment.
The Lifespan can be divided into Adolescent - Adult - Aged, which influence the participation rate of individuals in the workforce.
Labour Force participation across the Lifespan
Labour Force participation across the Lifespan
View the following sources on the current condition of the Labour Force in Australia:
Patterns of Work
Patterns of Work
Full time, Part time, Job share, Casual
Permanent, Temporary/Contract
Self employed
Shift work
Voluntary
Seasonal
Working remotely
Others
Patterns of Work
Patterns of Work
Each work pattern can be related to different types of jobs, stages of life and suitability of work/life balance for individuals and families.
Patterns of work can be described as days, hours, seasonal choices and various options when it comes to work available for individuals. For example, a full time nurse working night shifts, part time, so she can spend the day with her kids and perform house duties as her husband works full time. Or, a tradesman who leaves for work early so he can come home early to assist with taking his kids to sport and training after school.
Suitability in this section refers to Adolescence and Young Adults vs Adulthood vs Aged
Changing Work Patterns
Changing Work Patterns
This section of the syllabus aims to link by drawing a relationship between the social factors occurring in our work today with changing work patterns.
Define:
Social Factors - Social factors are things that affect lifestyle, such as religion, family or wealth. These can change over time.
Changing work patterns - A labour market which offers a more diverse and flexible array of working arrangements and work patterns may improve the chances of increasing workforce participation. It may also enable workers to optimally balance paid work with other aspects of their lives.
Points raised in this section can be best remember in the following way:
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Changing Work Patterns
Changing Work Patterns
Social Factors Leading to Changing Work Patterns
Education/retraining
Technology (computers, automation/robotics, research and development)
Employment/unemployment
Perceptions of Gender
Family circumstances
Government policy
Economics
Class Notes: Changing Work Patterns
Changing Work Patterns
Changing Work Patterns
Social Factors are the changes that are happening in our contemporary society. These changes have influenced how we work. In the past, we saw 9am to 5pm, full-time, permanent jobs. However, as society adapts and changes to new laws, new technology and new attitudes to family and gender, our working lives have also adapted and changed. Many occupations that we see today were previously not in existence, and as society continues to evolve, many more occupations and working patterns will emerge.
View the following sources:
Exam Style Question -
Explain how ONE Social Factor may cause an individual to move from one pattern of work to another (4 marks).
Structures that Support Individuals in the Workplace
Structures that Support Individuals in the Workplace
Rights and Responsibilities
Employees
Employers
Structures that Support Individuals in the Workplace
Structures that Support Individuals in the Workplace
Rights and Responsibilities
Definitions:
1. Employees: A person employed for wages or salary.
2. Employers: A person or organization that employs people.
3. Rights: A moral or legal entitlement to have or do something.
4. Responsibilities: A thing which one is required to do as part of a job, role or legal obligation.
Additional resources for Rights and Responsibilities:
Structures that Support Individuals in the Workplace
Structures that Support Individuals in the Workplace
Workplace Structures
Legislation (Health and Safety, Equal Employment Opportunity).
Work Conditions (Awards, Grievance Procedures)
Trade Unions
Flexible Work Patterns and Practices (Job Share)
Workplace Culture (Childcare, Prayer room, Kitchen).
Leave Entitlements (Parental, Carers, Long Service, Maternity).
See the following resources for each Workplace Structure:
Legislation - Safework Legislation NSW
Work conditions - The basics, your rights at work.
Trade Unions - Trade Unions: Youth Law Australia
Flexible work patterns and practices - Fair Work Australian Government
Workplace culture - Workplace culture framework NSW Health
Leave Entitlements - Leave Entitlements: Youth Law Australia
Task: Complete the notes on each section which have been provided for you.
Class notes: Workplace Structures
Structures that Support Individuals in the Workplace
Structures that Support Individuals in the Workplace
Exam style Question
Examine the extent to which the workplace can provide equal access to work entitlements for females and males...
Additional Reading: View the following sources:
Work Life Balance: Watch - Three rules for better work/life balance.
Maintaining Work and Life Balance
Maintaining Work and Life Balance
Individual Roles
Personal commitments and interests
Work - Is to be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result.
Leadership - Is the art of motivating a group of people to achieve a common goal or outcome.
Parenting - Is to be or act as a mother or father to someone.
Caring - Is the work or practice of looking after those unable to care for themselves, especially in the instance of age or illness.
Volunteering - Is the act of working for a group or organisation without being paid.
Religion - Is the belief in and worship of a superhuman power, especially a personal God.
Recreation - Is activity done for enjoyment when one is not working.
Studying - Devoting time and energy to gaining knowledge of an academic subject.
Hobbies - Is an activity done regularly in ones leisure time for pleasure.
Maintaining Work and Life Balance
Maintaining Work and Life Balance
Individual strategies for managing multiple roles
Negotiating and sharing roles
Managing resources
Using technology
Accessing support
Utilising workplace structures
Note: See Mindmap for this section.
Maintaining Work and Life Balance
Maintaining Work and Life Balance
Youth Employment
Youth Employment
Issues that impact on youth employment
Personal management skills required in the workplace
Steps taken to prepare and plan for a career
Predominant patterns of work of young people
Rights and responsibilities of young people in the workplace
Personal Management Skills in the workplace:
Planning and organisation
Clear communication
Effective decision-making
Problem solving
Such practices are essential to workplace efficiency
See the following article - Skills you Need
2. Steps taken to prepare and plan for a career:
3. Predominant Patterns of Work of Young People:
Part-time - For example...
Casual - For example...
Voluntary - For example...
Seasonal work - For example...
4. Rights and Responsibilities of Young People in the Workplace:
See: Young workers rights and responsibilities - Victorian WorkCover Authority.
Youth Employment
Youth Employment
Youth Employment
Youth Employment
View the adjacent Figure in regards to Youth Employment.
Using available sources answer the following questions:
What are the factors contributing to youth unemployment?
How can a young person optimise their employment prospects?
How can a workplace support a young person to manage multiple roles?
Write a summary of your findings in your workbook….
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