Assessment Task is designed for you to demonstrate your knowledge about Complying with organisational requirements in a personal services environment

ASSESSMENT TASK

You are required to access the ‘Hair and Beauty Australia (HABA)' employer association website and answer the following questions:

Website:

1. Is this association a federal registers industrial association in Australia?

2. Please list five (5) benefits of becoming a member:

3. You are required to access Fair work Australia website and list the five (5) main categories listed on their website:

4. You are required to use the Internet to research when and why the National Employment Standards (NES) was introduced in Australia.

5. You are required to access the Australian human rights commission website humanrights and search for discrimination. Please give a brief description of what ‘direct discrimination' is.

6. You are required to provide a link to the correct website that provides information on employment requirements, rules and regulations and policies and procedures on the following:
a) Current information on employer and employee rights

b) National employment standards and employment arrangements

c) Rights of employees to make merit based employment decisions

d) Complaints and grievance (staff)

e) Industrial awards for hair dressers and beauty therapists

f) Personal carers' leave

g) Counselling and discipline

h) Equal employment opportunities

i) Terms and conditions of employment

j) Definition of: Beauticians or beauty/spa therapist, nail technicians, makeup artists, hairdressers, supervisors or managers in beauty.

7. Your manager has sent you an email with the following instructions, please give a detailed description of what action you would take to complete the request and list three (3) key qualities that you have contributed to the team.

8. You are required to match the correct staff member who is ideally responsible for the tasks below:

Task
Staff grievance
Facial treatment
Answering the telephone
Writing the roster
Selling beauty products
Cleaning the salon
Writing job descriptions
Writing and updating the staff handbook

9. Scenario: You have just been invited to a family reunion and need to negotiate some time off work. How many weeks notice is enough time to give your employer?