From the Termination Clause of an Employment Contract.
Sherburn travel hereinafter know as the Company may summarily terminate any Employees employment without (1) . Notice with the consequence that he\she shall have no claim for damages or any other (2) against the Company in the event of the Employee:
1.1 being deemed guilty of any serious failure or (3) .. in carrying out his\her duties or committing any serious breach of any of the terms of this agreement
1.2 becoming the subject of a (4) order or an interim order under the Insolvency Act
1.3 being convicted of a serious criminal offence other than an offence under road traffic (5) for which a penalty other than imprisonment is imposed; or
1.4 giving public expression to any matter which affects the Company or its business without authority or committing an act which brings the Company into disrepute or prejudices its (6) . .
A
B
BANKRUPTCY
INTERESTS
C
D
REMEDY
LEGISLATION
E
F
NEGLECT
PRIOR
Ex. 3.Read the text below. It is from a contract. Some words in the text are underlined. The meanings of these words appear in the box below, but they are not in the same order. Match the underlined words in the text with the correct meanings by writing the letters (A, B, C, etc) in the box below. There is an example at the beginning.
1.1 Unless terminated in accordance with (AA) clause 1.2 below this agreement shall continue until 1 January 20_ _.
1.2 Either (A) party may terminate this agreement at any time by giving 3 months advance (B) notice to the other party in writing.
1.3 Either party may (C) terminate this agreement with immediate effect in the event of the following occurrences:
- the other party has (D) committed a material breach of any of its obligations under this agreement and fails to (E) remedy any such breach within 14 days of receipt of a written notice which specifies the breach and requiresit to be remedied (F) forthwith
- the other party (G) ceases to carry on business, makes an arrangement with its (H) creditors or becomes the object of (I) winding up, dissolution, administration, bankruptcy, or any other insolvency related procedure in any (J) jurisdiction to which it is subject.
AA
a section or part of a written contract
done, carried out
one of the people or groups involved in a contract or a case in court
correct, put right
end
warning, notification
legal power over someone or something
at once, immediately
stops
the closing of the company and the sale of its assets
people that you owe money to
Ex. 4.Below is a Letter of Redundancy. The sentences have been mixed up. Put them into order.
1.Details of your forthcoming redundancy and severance pay are enclosed.
2.Finally, I shall, of course, be only too pleased to supply any prospective employer with reference on your behalf.
3.I am writing in connection with our discussion of earlier today.
4.Yours sincerely
Ann Dwyer
Personnel Manager
5. It is with much regret that I must ask you to accept this letter as formal notice of the redundancy of your position as administrative assistant with effect from 31 august 2010.
6. Dear Mrs. Boyle
7. On behalf of the Company, I would like to thank you for the services you have given us in the past and wish you every success in the future.
8. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need clarification.
9. The Company will gladly grant you reasonable time off with pay for the purposes of attending job interviews or undertaking any training for alternative employment.
10. The services of the Personnel Department will, of course, be freely available to assist you in obtaining suitable alternative employment.
Ex. 5.Look at the letter below. A lawyer has written it on behalf of his client. Parts of the letter are written in an inappropriate way. They are underlined. Rewrite the letter changing the underlined parts by more appropriate variants. What two outcomes from this situation are possible? Are there enough reasons to win litigation?