Ex.8. Divide the words and word combinations in the box into two columns.

Ex.9. Fill in the missing prepositions.

Redundancy

Redundancy is the situation that results when an employee’s contract … employment is ended because that job no longer exists or is no longer needed. A factory might close …, which would make all the workforce redundant, or, … a factory, a new machine might make a particular job no longer necessary. Workers who are made redundant have a right to receive compensation … the form … a lump-sum payment which varies... the length … service … the employee. Many companies … fact negotiate … trade unions to give more than the minimum legal requirement … compensation, especially if they are asking … workers to accept voluntary redundancy as opposed … compulsary redundancy.

(to, down, in (3), within, according to, of (4), with, for)

Exercises in Comprehenson

Ex.1. Answer the following questions:

1. How can a person leave a job?

2. When does a person resign?

3. When does a person retire?

4. What do we call “early retirement”?

5. What is redundancy?

6. What is a redundancy payment?

7. How is the compensation for the job loss calculated?

8. What do we call " outplacement"?

9. When is a person fired or sacked?

Ex.2. Are these words about starting or finishing a job?

apply, retire, employ, resign, dismiss, hire, make redundant, fire, recruit

Ex.3. Sum up what the text says about:

s various ways to leave a job;

s resignation and retirement;

s redundancies;

s dismissals.

Grammar Revision

GRAMMAR PROGRESS TEST I