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Business Vocabulary in Use Advanced

Unit 1-11

Unit 1-11

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Cartes-fiches

when you discuss something to get information or advice

consultation (noun)

when a country's economic activities increases

economic growth (noun)
someone who is paid to work for somebody else

employee (noun)

a situation in which a country or area has many different types of job available and offers many different ways of working

flexible job market (noun)

ways of working that allow employees to choose how the work, for example working from home or working hours which they choose

flexible working (noun)

to warn someone officially that something is going to happen

give notice (phrase)
to give someone a job and tell someone to leave their job

hire and fire (noun)

unwillingness to change a system or way of doing something

inflexibility (noun)

the process of making more jobs

job creation (noun)

when people have some choice in the way they work, and when companies are easily able to hire and get rid of employees

job flexibility (noun)
when there is little certainty over the future security you have in your current employment

job insecurity (noun)

rules that help stop people from losing their jobs

job protection (noun)

dividing the duties and the pay of one job between two people who work at different times during the day or week

job sharing (noun)

to tell an employee that they no longer have a job

let somebody go (phrase)
the time before and after the birth of her baby when a woman is allowed time away from her job

maternity leave (noun)

a periode of time away from work that is given to someone who has just had a baby

parental leave (noun)

someone who works for only some of the day or some of the week

part-time worker (noun)

an amount of money that an employer gives to someone because they have lost their job

redundancy payment (noun)
the situation companies cannot easily make changes to working patterns or to the number of employees they have

rigid labour market (noun)

money that your employer pays you when you cannot work because you are sick

sick pay (noun)

the amounts of money that employers and employees have to pay the government

social charges (plural noun)

a company that recruits people on short-term contracts for different organizations

temp agency (noun)

an agreement that gives someone a job for a fixed period of time

temporary contract (noun)

someone who has been given a job for a fixed period of time

temporary worker (noun)

an organization that represents the people who work in a particular industry, protects their rights, and discusses their pay and working conditions with employers

trade union (noun)

the number of people who do not have a job

unemployment (noun)

money paid by the government to people who do not have a job

unemployment benefit (noun)

the right to organize your work and time in the way you want

autonomy (noun)

a real or imagined line that marks the edge or limit of something

boundary (noun)

an illness in which someone is suffering so much pressure and stress that they can no longer continue to work

breakdown (noun)

illness or tiredness that is caused by working too hard

burn-out (noun)

to feel more relaxed and less worried

de-stress (verb)

to make your life more balanced, for example by working fewer hours or having a more simple lifestyle

downshift (verb)

when you do not get enough money or praise for something you have done

effort-reward imbalance (noun)

a large amount of work that you have to do

heavy workload (noun)

the balance between the time you spend doing your job and the time you spend with your family

home-work balance (noun)

when you spend too much time doing work, and not enough time doing things with your family or doing your hobbies

home-work imbalance (noun)

someone who does their job from home

homeworker (noun)

the ability to make your own decisions and not be controlled by other people

independence (noun)

feeling alone and unhappy with no one to support you

isolated (adjective)

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