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Flashcards by Gabriela Arispe, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Gabriela Arispe
almost 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| sick pay | is money given by an employer to someone who cannot work because of illness |
| a tide cottage | is a house owned by your employer that you can live in far as long as you are employed |
| blue collar workers | are workers on the factory floor. person who performs manual labour |
| white-collar worker | person who performs work in an office environment and may involve sitting at a computer desk |
| pink-collar worked | person whose labour is related to customer interaction, entertainment, service-oriented work |
| your track record | is all your achievements or failures in the past |
| backroom boys | are people in an organization whose work is not seen by the public |
| staf turnover | is the amount of employees joining and leaving the company within a period of time |
| a golden handshake | is the amount of money paid to senior managers when they leave the company |
| a floor/line manager | is one of the managers who are responsible for production |
| the labor force | is all the people who work for a particular company |
| in service training | training takes place during your time of work |
| someone who is hand-picked | is someone who has been carefully chosen for a special job or purpose |
| a glass ceiling | is a point beyond which you cannot improve your position at work |
| in a general strike | most people in a country refuse to work until they are given something that they are demanding |
| the division of .... labour | is a way of organising work done by different groups of people |
| a gap year | is a year between leaving school and starting university which is usually spent travelling or working |
| direct action | is the use of strikes or violence as a way of trying to get what you want from an employer, instead of talking |
| the law of diminishing returns | refers to a situation in which a smaller result is achieved for a increasing amount of effort |
| compassionate leave | is a short time spent away from work for personal reasons |
| a demarcation dispute | is a disagreement between trade unions about what types of work should be done by the members of each of them |
| in work | have/has a job |
| out of work | without a job |
| off work | away from work due to illness |
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