VERBS

WORK AND EMPLOYMENT VOCABULARY

40-hour week

8-hour day

a golden handshake

allowance (food, fuel)

benefits/perks/fringe benefitsbenefits package

between jobs

blackleg

bonus (scheme)

casual jobs

employment agency

expenses (travel)

flexitime

healthcare/medical care

holiday/vacation job

intern/internship

job centre

job hunt

job seeker

jobless

leave(compassionate, family responsibility, maternity, paternity, sick, study)

on the dole

out of work

pay slip

pay/salary/wage

pay rise

payroll

pension scheme

pink slip

post/position

promotion

redundancy payment/compensation

relocation

retirement (early retirement)self-employed

shifts

staff

strike

subsidized canteen

telework

to be fired/sacked

to be made redundant

to dismiss

to do shift work

to fire

to get the axe

to give the sack

to hand in your notice

to hire

to promote

to quit

to recruit

to resign

to retire

to sack

to take someone on

to take some time off

to work by the hour

to work full/part-time

to work long hours

to work overtime

trade union

trainee/training

unemployed

unemployement benefit

wage cuts

work permit

work-to-rule

workaholic

worker

working class

working day

workman

workmate