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Ajbilou Unit 5 : Employment Trends

Vocabulary A : Complete the sentences with words from the box.

absenteeism – bonus – portfolio - self-employed – casual – seasonal - shift

migrant – security - turnover
1. In summer, some students are employed as …………….. workers by our local hospital.
2. Apparently, all EU states have declined to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights
of …………………Workers and their Families.
3. Are you employed by a company or are you ………………….?
4. In call centres, absence rates can be as high as 30 per cent and employee ………………….
rates can be as high as 100 per cent.
5. In many countries, …………………… work is often available on farms and in orchards,
vineyards and forests.
6. It is often said that …………………. work can have a very damaging effect on your sleep
patterns.
7. Most people want to be paid reasonably and to be given some job …………………… and a
degree of responsibility for their work.
8. The most common causes of …………………….. are reported as headaches and migraine,
colds and flu, back problems and stress.
9. Growing numbers of professionals are reinventing themselves by setting up as ………………
workers in a new employment phenomenon dubbed Giganomics.
10. If you do not meet your performance targets, you will lose your ……………………

Vocabulary B: Complete the pairs of synonyms with items from the box.

Dismiss - lay off – terminate- take on – select - leave

1 to end / ……………….. a contract

2 to fire / ……………………. an employee

3 to recruit / …………………….. staff

4 to make staff redundant / to ………………… staff

5 to choose / ………………………. a candidate

6 to quit / …………………………….. one's job