RedundancyRedundancy is the situation that results when an employee’s contract … employment is ended because that job no longer exists or is no longer needed. A factory might close …, which would make all the workforce redundant, or, … a factory, a new machine might make a particular job no longer necessary. Workers who are made redundant have a right to receive compensation … the form … a lump-sum payment which varies... the length … service … the employee. Many companies … fact negotiate … trade unions to give more than the minimum legal requirement … compensation, especially if they are asking … workers to accept voluntary redundancy as opposed … compulsary redundancy. (to, down, in (3), within, according to, of (4), with, for)
Exercises in Comprehenson
Ex.1. Answer the following questions: 1. How can a person leave a job? 2. When does a person resign? 3. When does a person retire? 4. What do we call “early retirement”? 5. What is redundancy? 6. What is a redundancy payment? 7. How is the compensation for the job loss calculated? 8. What do we call "outplacement"? 9. When is a person fired or sacked?
Ex.2. Are these words about starting or finishing a job? apply, retire, employ, resign, dismiss, hire, make redundant, fire, recruit
Ex.3. Sum up what the text says about: s various ways to leave a job; s resignation and retirement; s redundancies; s dismissals.
Grammar Revision
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