14 Employment law

   

                                             Vocabulary

   

   employment/labour law

   contract of employment

   industrial/labour relations

   working hours

   working conditions

   terms of contract

   retirement and retirement pension

   period of notice

   employee and employer

   self-employed person

   job applicant

   minimum wage

   pay/wages/salary

   job description

   lawsuit against the employer

   unfair dismissal

   equal pay for work of equal value

   backed by a trade union

   social security

   health and safety regulations

   unemployment benefits

   dispute settlement

   collective bargaining



   pursuant to an express or implied agreement

   an agent and a principal

   independent contractor

   rendering services

   union officials

   promotion and lay-off clauses

   a grievance procedure

   to be discharged without „just cause“

   impartial labour arbitrators

   written notification of terms

   itemized pay statements

   rent rebate

   community charge and poll tax

   disability working allowance

   terminable at will

   wrongful discharge action

   rate of unemployment

   uncontroverted testimony

   

                                            Definitions

   

   employer

   employee

   employment

   agent

   Sunday trading

   the right to strike

   collective bargaining

   statutory rights

   express terms

   implied terms

   fixed-term contract

   justifiable discharge

   

                                             Questions

   

   1 Describe the rights of employees.

   2 Describe the duties of employers.

   3 Describe the purpose of collective bargaining.

   4 Describe the forms of social security.

   5 Describe the situations in which an employee may be justifiably discharged.