BEN1, Unit 1-11

BFH BBA HS15/16

BFH BBA HS15/16


M. R.
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Created / Updated
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make employees redundant

to fire employees

consultation

advice

trade unions

organizations that protect the interests of workers

sick pay

the money sb get if he is sick, insurance

parental leave

when parents have time off following the birth of childern

maternity leave

mothers get a paid time off after having a baby

rigid labour market

inflexible job market

discourages

frustrated

pressure

be under a lot of stress

de-stress

to do sth against stress

to complain

to protest

stress-related illness

if sb is ill because of stress

to suffer

to be hurting

counsellor

someone who advises stress sufferers

heavy workloads

you try to do too much and your overworked

office politics

problem with colleagues who want to advance their own position. 

downshifting

to fall back, to take it easier

rebalancing

to find the balance again

recent survey

newest study

autonomy

independence

boundary

border

to overlap

to cover each other

talent pool

a talented interest group

to spot

to find, to discover

raw talent

a talent which has no experience

this requires

sth needs

induction

to work sb in 

to ensure

to guarantee

capabilities

possibilities

performance assessment

evaluation

tremendous

huge, massive

effort

Aufwand

expense

costs

criteria

Kriterien

improvement

advance

to provide

to supply, to offer

executive education

management training

aimed

specifically

forceful

energetic

staffing

personal

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