9 EMPLOYMENT LAW


9.3 Extending skills


recognizing digressions • source references


A Study the words and phrases in box a. 1 Mark the main stress in each one.


2Listen and check your answers.


3 Which word or phrase has a different stress pattern in each group?


B Study the phrases in box b.


1 Do you think the phrases show a digression (start or end) or a relevant point? Write D or R.


2 Look at the D phrases. Do they start or end the digression?


CListen to the final part of the lecture from Lesson 2 (Part 3).


1 Take notes using the Cornell system. Leave spaces if you miss information.


2 What topic does the lecturer mention that is different from the main subject?


3 Why did he mention this topic? 4 What is the research task?


5 Compare your notes in pairs. Fill in any blank spaces.


6 Complete the Review and Summary sections.


a 1 wrongful, statute, resolve, conduct (n) 2 provision, tribunal, dismissal, damages 3 employment law, common law, breach of contract, retirement age


4 actually, generally, usually, demonstrably, crucially


b Now, where was I?


It’s the first of these points that I’m going to focus on now … By the way,…


So to get back to the main topic … I have a little story to tell you … If we move on now to … You don’t need to take notes on this … The point of that story was … If we turn now to …


When we look at wrongful dismissal we’ll find …


DWhat information does the lecturer provide about sources? Listen to the extracts and complete the table below.


Extract 1


Name of writer Title and date of source Location Type of reference Relevant to …? Introducing phrase


E Use your notes to write 75–100 words about unfair dismissal.


F Work in groups. Study the six reasons for potentially fair dismissal in box c. Choose one reason. Read the relevant information on page 104 and then discuss these questions.


1 What must an employer show in order for the reason to be genuine and justify dismissal?


2 What defences might an employee have? 3 Where can you go to find more information?


c conduct capability redundancy retirement


statutory restriction another substantial reason


73 Extract 2 Extract 3 Extract 4


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