WORK WORK RELATED RELATED ISSUESISSUES

What is “Work Related Issues”?

“Work Related Issues” refers to subjects or

problems concerning work or that happen in

a workplace.

Why is it important to

learn about the issues?

Because you might face some of these issues in

your workplace later and you just have to learn how to solve them.

How do I solve those problems?

It is important that you can give good opinions, make predictions, write

conclusions and also recommendations to solve

the problems.

Examples of common work Examples of common work related issuesrelated issues

1. Safety – Health Hazards2. Discrimination – gender/race/ bias

3. Harassment4. Job Stress

5. Respecting co-workers6. Managing Employees – Tardiness,

Attire for Work, Absenteeism

HAZARD = something that may be dangerous

or cause accidents

DISCRIMINATION = when one group of

people is unfairly treated differently from another

HARASSMENT = threatening or offensive

behaviour

TARDINESS = slow to act or late in arriving

ABSENTEEISM = being frequently away from

work or school, especially without good

reasons

EXPRESSING VIEWS &

OPINIONS

OpinionOpinion a feeling or believe,

which cannot be proven to the satisfaction of all

I believe that I believe that students students should be should be

given more given more homework.homework.

The following expressions are The following expressions are commonly used for giving commonly used for giving

opinions:opinions:

"I think that. . ." "As far as I am concerned. . .""I feel that. . ." "It seems to me that. . .""I believe that. . ." "The way I see it. . .""In my opinion. . ." “I presume, I assume…”

But, how do I give good opinions?

I believe that I believe that students students should be should be

given more given more homework.homework.

Because Because more more

homework homework gives them gives them

more more practice.practice.