Glossary A – Z
If you are having difficulty with any of the terminology used on this site our Glossary can assist by providing a quick reference guide to legal terms, services and organisations featured on the site.
Please note: some minimum wages, filing fees, income thresholds and other figures will change on 1 July 2020 and therefore might be slightly higher than the figures in our resources. We are in the process of updating our resources and should have the updated information available very shortly.
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- Acquiescence
- Adverse action
- Annual leave
- Australian Human Rights Commission
- Awards and industrial agreements
- Casual employee
- Coercion
- Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)
- Constitutional corporation
- Constructive dismissal/constructively dismissed
- Continuously employed/continuous service
- Contractual wage
- Costs orders and no costs
- Date the dismissal took effect
- Disability
- Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth)
- Disciplinary action
- Discrimination/Discriminate
- Dismissal
- Employment contract
- Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (WA)
- Equal Opportunity Commission
- Equal opportunity laws
- Fair Entitlements Guarantee assistance scheme
- Fair Trading Act 2010 (WA)
- Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)
- Fair Work Commission
- Fair Work Infoline
- Fair Work Ombudsman
- Fair Work Regulations 2009 (Cth)
- Family or household member
- Fixed-term contract
- Frivolous, vexatious or without reasonable prospect of success
- Independent Contractors Hotline
- Industrial activity
- Industrial association
- Industrial Magistrates Court (IMC)
- Industrial Relations Act 1979 (WA)
- Inherent requirements of the position
- Insolvency
- Labour hire agency
- Limitation periods and out-of-time applications
- Long service leave
- Long Service Leave Act 1958 (WA)
- Magistrates Court
- Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993 (WA)
- Minimum conditions under the law
- Minimum wage
- Modern award
- National Employment Standards (NES)
- National equal opportunity laws
- National high income threshold
- National system employee
- National system employee and national system employer
- Notice of termination
- Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 (Cth)
- Parental leave
- Permanent employee
- Personal/carer’s leave
- Pro rata
- Protected characteristics
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More Resources
You may wish to use our InfoGuide if you do not know what employment law issue applies to you. Our InfoGuide will ask you questions about your employment to work out which of our fact sheets, information kits and other resources is best for you. You should use the InfoGuide if you have not called our Advice Line yet.
You may find these fact sheets helpful if you already know what your employment law issue is and you would like some general information. Our fact sheets are designed to help you with common employment law claims, issues you may experience in the workplace and entitlements you may be able to receive. You should use the fact sheets if you have already called our Advice Line or used our InfoGuide.
You may wish to use our information kits if you know that you can make a particular claim and would like specific information on how to make that claim. Our information kits are designed to help you lodge your claim, prepare for conferences or hearings and give you some information on what to expect from the process. You should use the information kits if you have already called our Advice Line or used our InfoGuide.
You may wish to browse our helpful links if you have worked out that your employment issue is something we can’t help with. We have referrals to government agencies, community legal centres and other agencies that may be able to help you with your issue. You should use our helpful links if you have already called our Advice Line or used the InfoGuide and worked out that we cannot help you with your issue.
You may wish to download a list of private solicitors who practise in employment law if you need more assistance than ELC can provide. You should download the private solicitors list if you have already called our Advice Line are not eligible for our services.
The information videos explain the services offered by ELC, summarise workplace rights in Western Australia and let you know what your legal options might be if you have problems with your job.