1. Australian Workplace Culture
Presented by:
Olgney Pinto
Emile da Silva
Sveta Kersanava
Mayumi Oyanagi

2. Contents Dress Code Working Hours Breaks Punctuality
Topics of conversation
Team Work
Leave
Forms of address
Workplace safety
Discrimination and Harassment
What employers value
Social life
Contents

3. Depending on the profession and position the workplace requires a appropriate dress code.

4. Australian workplace allows the employees to work full time, part time or on a casual basis, depending on the employer requirements or workplace agreement. Shifts are also very flexible.
Working Hours

5. Most companies allows 15mins for each break (morning and afternoon)
Most companies allows 15mins for each break (morning and afternoon). They also have lunch breaks which consists in 30mins or 1 hour.
Breaks

6. Australians are very flexible towards times and punctuality
Australians are very flexible towards times and punctuality. You can average your hours over the week.
Punctuality

7. Topics of conversation
Australians are very casual and they love to talk about sports, food and news. They also love good jokes!
Topics of conversation

8. Employers prefers team players, employees who can communicate well and can build strong relationships within the team.
Team Work

9. By the Australian law the employee is entitled to have a range of different sorts of leave: sick leave, annual leave and compassionate leave.
Leave

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Forms of address

11. Most Australian companies have policies to ensure their employees are safe and protected in the workplace.
Workplace safety

12. Under the federal and state legislation, discrimination and harassment are crimes. Discriminations happens when an employee is treated less favorably than another employee because their race, nationality, age disability or sex.
Discrimination

13. Harassment occurs when an employee feels intimidated, insulted or humiliated in the workplace. It can include behaviors such as:
Telling insulting jokes about religion, age groups or race.
Sending sexually suggestive s
Working with co-workers in a hostile environment
Harassment

14. Employers value employees who can communicate well, perform their duties timely, have a positive attitude, are confident and easy going.
What employers value

15. The social life is a very important aspect of the Australian workplace culture. Most employers encourage employees to have a good social life.
Social life

16. Australian Workplace Culture