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EMPLOYMENT LAW 9.1 Vocabulary fixed phrases • legal words


A Match the words to make fixed phrases. 1 unfair permit settlement


2 disciplinary


3 financial union 4 job


wage 5 trade description


6 minimum dismissal 7 employment procedure 8 work tribunal


B Study the words and phrases in the blue box.


1 Add a word from the first column to each phrase in the second column.


2 Which phrase can you use to: 


  


agree only partly with a point begin talking about several points talk about a particular example introduce the first of two ideas


 introduce the second of two ideas 


 give a reason for a point  mention an idea


 talk about certain circumstances


C Look at the pictures on the opposite page. 1 What is each person’s job with Cheapco?


2 What types of work are likely to be included in each job description?


3 Why might each person be dismissed? Would the company be justified in dismissing them in each case?


4 Match each person with the correct quote (A–F).


5 Replace the words in italics with a phrase from Exercise B.


D Read the information on this page about employment law.


1 Match the blue words in this extract with the definitions on the opposite page.


2 Use your dictionary to check words you do not know. E Complete the table on the right.


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focus on the point which the writer/speaker thinks is the most important


1 to


the a


some many this that


2


…start with …people think on … other hand to…extent on … one hand …real question is on … grounds that in … case like this in … sort of situation


Employment law is important for the management of companies. For example:  Contracts of employment and job descriptions are formal documents which companies must produce when there is a dispute.


 Your employer must have a good reason for dismissing you. You normally cannot claim unfair dismissal unless you have had one year’s continuous service. Regardless of the reason for the dismissal, the employer must act fairly and follow the correct procedure.


 The potentially fair ways of dismissing an employee are for: conduct at work; capability; redundancy; retirement; statutory restriction or another substantial reason.


 A substantial reason could be something such as an unresolvable personality clash with a colleague.


 Even if you do not have one year’s service your dismissal may be automatically unfair if, for example, you are sacked because you take statutory paternity leave.


Verb agree


compromise dismiss dispute employ resolve restrict retire serve settle


Noun(s) agreement


Adjective(s) agreeable


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