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Hire and fire - Vocabulary
A- Translate the following words and expressions. You may use a dictionary.
1. To hire ___________________________________________________________________
2. To fire _________________________________________________________________
3. To make someone redundant _______________________________________________
4. To recruit _________________________________________________________________
5. To headhunt ___________________________________________________________
6. To hand in your notice_____________________________________________________
7. To give someone notice____________________________________________________
8. To sack someone _________________________________________________________
9. To get the sack _________________________________________________________
10. Unfair dismissal _________________________________________________________
11. Constructive dismissal _______________________________________________________
12. Severance pay __________________________________________________________

B- Match the words and expressions from the previous exercise to a suitable definition.

1. To dismiss someone from his job for economic reasons. ________________________

2. Money paid to workers when they are made redundant. _________________________
3. To approach someone because you think he well-qualified for the job and offer him the job.
_____________________
4. To be fired. _________________________
5. To

dismiss

someone

from

his

job,

usually

because

of

something

he

did.

_________________ or ___________________
6. To employ someone. ______________________
7. To persuade someone to work for you. _________________________
8. To tell someone that he is going to lose his job. _________________________
9. To tell your employer that you are going to leave the company. _______________________
10. When an employee resigns because of their employers behavior. ____________________
11. When someone is dismissed for no good reason. _______________________________

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C- Fill in the gaps with a suitable word or expression from the list below.
. hired

. redundant

. headhunt

. constructive dismissal

. givenotice

. notice severance

. givensack

. unfair dismissal

. sacked . handed in . recruit

. fire

1. After 10 years, I got three days __________ and no __________ pay.

2. He was suing them for __________ __________ as he says he was only ever late once.
3. She __________ her notice this morning and is leaving at the end of the month.
4. She __________ him on a six month contract.
5. She is making a claim for __________ __________ because she claims her boss bullied
her.
6. He was __________ the __________ because he kept arriving late.
7. They __________ me without notice after 10 years with the company.
8. They are closing down the factory and making 500 hundred people __________.
9. We had to __________ Sally because she kept on making mistakes.
10. We have to __________ her two months __________ that we are letting her go.
11. We need to __________ more young engineers.
12. We need to look at the people doing similar jobs in other companies and __________ the
best one.

Salaries
A- Translate the following words and expressions. You may use a dictionary.
1. pay (n.) __________________________

10. deductions _______________________

2. back pay _________________________

11. income tax _______________________

3. pay cut ___________________________

12. rate ____________________________

4. pay rise __________________________

13. state pension _____________________

5. pay rate __________________________

14. minimum wage ___________________

6. net pay/ net salary _________________

15. equal pay _______________________

7. itemized pay statement _____________

16. overtime _________________________

8. performance-related pay ____________

17. bonus _________________________

9. pay scale ________________________

18. gross salary _____________________

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B- Match the bold words and expressions from the previous exercise to a suitable
definition.
1. A reduction in the amount of pay you are given. _________________________________
2. An increase in pay. ____________________________________________________
3. Contains detailed breakdown of the pay you have earned and the deductions taken from
it. _____________________________________________________________________
4. Means that men and women get the same pay for doing the same job. _______________
5. Money owed to you by your employer for work done in the past which has not yet been
paid. __________________________________________________________________
6. Money that you get from your employer. ______________________________________
7. The amount per hour that you pay. __________________________________________
8. The salary before anything is deducted for contributions and tax. ____________________
9. The salary that you are paid after deductions. _________________________________
10. When the amount you are paid depends on the quality/quantity of your work.
________________________________________________________________________

C- Match column A and B in order to build meaningful expressions and translate them.

Equal

bonus

Equal pay

Igualdade de remunerao

Gross

insurance

____________________

______________________

Health

overtime

____________________

______________________

Income

pay

____________________

______________________

Minimum

pension

____________________

______________________

State

salary

____________________

______________________

To pay

tax

____________________

______________________

To receive a

wage

____________________

______________________

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