Pre-listening task.

UNIT II. EMPLOYMENT LAW.

Reading:Employment Law,

Introduction to Employment Law,

EU employment laws mean case bonanza,

Discrimination,

Listening: An employment tribunalclaim,

Liability risks,

Speaking:Agreeing and disagreeing,

Case discussion

Writing:Attachments and formality,

Advising on advantages and disadvantages in an email

Grammar:Gerund vs. Infinitive

Starter. 1. What do these quotations mean? Which do you agree with? Do you have any favourite quotations of your own?

Which quotations do you find relevant to today’s world or your own life? In what ways? Discuss with your partner and with your group.

Learn whatever you can, wherever you can, from whoever you can. I worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

G. Marx, US comedian

Man unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.

John Steinbeck, “Grapes of Wrath”

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Albert Einstein

I have always worshiped at the shrine of knowledge knowing that regardless of how much I study, read, travel, expose myself to enriching experiences, I still remain an intellectual pauper.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

ARTICLE 43OF THE CONSTITUTION OF UKRAINE

· Every person has the right to work, including the right to the opportunity to earn one's living by work which he chooses or agrees to freely.

· Citizens are guaranteed protection against unlawful dismissal.

ARTICLE 24OF THE CONSTITUTION OF UKRAINE

· There shall be no privileges or restrictions based upon race, color of skin, political, religious, and other beliefs, sex, ethnic and social origin, wealth, place of residence, on the basis of language or other characteristics.

Introduction to Employment Law

Listening 1. What is the difference between work and job.

Pre-listening task.

Tobecome a highly-qualified professional everyone needs to get a good education and have a certificateabout it. To have a successful careereveryone is to have good skillsand get valuable experience.Sometimes people are lucky to choose a jobthey enjoy the whole their lives, but we pity those who mistake their vocation.

Do you know the meaning of all the words in bold? Now explain the difference between the following pairs of words.

1.career and profession

2.vocation and job

3.certificate and qualification

4.skills and experience

5.work and job

Now, listen to the explanation Gareth Rees gives to Giuliana from Italy about the last pair of words. Is your explanation correct? Answer the questions Gareth Rees asks Giuliana.

Ex. 1. Work Compounds.Each work word in this exercise is a compound word – one word made out of two separate words. Make the twelve work terms by combining one word from the left-hand box with one word from the right-hand box.

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