Know your rights 了解你的權(quán)利

詞匯準(zhǔn)備

automatic right
當(dāng)然的權(quán)利

work extra time
加班

smoking policy
有關(guān)吸煙的政策

staff complaints
員工投訴

公告

原告

法庭

industrial tribunal
勞資仲裁庭

rule
裁定，裁決

tribunal rules
法庭裁決

cloudy
憂郁的

legal action
法律訴訟

law firm
法律事務(wù)所

employment law
勞工法

employment appeal tribunal
勞工訴訟法庭

fellow colleagues
同事

a series of
一系列

solve the problem
解決問(wèn)題

to draw up/formulate a policy
起草一份政策規(guī)定

contractual obligation
合同義務(wù)

smoking bans
禁煙令

grievance
牢騷，不滿

award
裁定，判給

to be faced with
面對(duì)

absent from work
缺勤

priorities
以重要性為順序安排工作

sack
解雇

poor time keeping
時(shí)間管理能力差

sexual harassment
性騷擾

front page of a newspaper
報(bào)紙頭版

個(gè)人簡(jiǎn)歷

a packet of photocopier paper
一包復(fù)印紙

口語(yǔ)練習(xí)

Speaking: discuss the following questions about smoking in the workplace.
就下列關(guān)于在工作場(chǎng)所吸煙的問(wèn)題進(jìn)行討論。

Should employees have an automatic right to smoke at work?

Should employers be allowed to ask smokers who take frequent smoking breaks to work extra hours?

How can employers balance the interests of smokers and non-smokers?

What should employers do if they cannot meet the needs of both smokers and non-smokers?

員工是否應(yīng)該把在工作中吸煙視為當(dāng)然的權(quán)利？

雇主是否有權(quán)利讓經(jīng)常吸煙的員工加班？

雇主怎樣才能做到平衡吸煙員工與不吸煙員工之間的利益？

如果雇主不能同時(shí)滿足吸煙員工與不吸煙員工的需要，應(yīng)該怎么辦？

參考詞匯和表達(dá)

make regulation for smoking in the workplace
制定關(guān)于在工作場(chǎng)所吸煙的規(guī)定

non-smokers have to do passive smoking
不吸煙者只得被動(dòng)吸煙

strictly follow the rules
嚴(yán)格遵守各項(xiàng)規(guī)則

to abuse a system
濫用制度

a draw up/formulate a policy
起草一份政策規(guī)定

to observe rules and regulations
遵守規(guī)章制度

deal with the employer’s complaints/grievances
處理員工的申訴

to consult staff on this issue
在這一問(wèn)題上聽(tīng)取員工的意見(jiàn)

口語(yǔ)練習(xí)

Speaking: do you think the decision of the EAT was fair? Why/why not?
你認(rèn)為勞工訴訟法庭的判決合理嗎？為什么？

參考詞匯和表達(dá)

respect the employee’s basic right at work
尊重員工在工作中的基本權(quán)利

protect the employee’s working time rights
保護(hù)員工在工作中的權(quán)利

prevent employers from denying staff their legal rights
防止雇主拒絕員工的合法權(quán)利

if employers break the law, cannot allow them to get away with it
如果雇主違法，不允許他們逃避懲罰

the employer is not acting within the law
雇主不按法律行事

the employer has breached its contractual obligations
雇主違反了合同義務(wù)

make other companies to think carefully about their own working environment
促使其他公司謹(jǐn)慎考慮他們的工作環(huán)境。

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