3.2.3. Letter of Redundancy

Making an employee redundant is one of the tougher tasks. So it needs to be done with care and sensitivity.

Below is a letter of redundancy. The sentences have been mixed up. Put them into order.

1. Details of your forthcoming redundancy and severance pay are enclosed.

2. Finally, I shall, of course, be only too pleased to supply any prospective employer with a reference on your behalf.

3. I am writing in connection with our discussion of earlier today.

4. Yours sincerely

Anne O’Dwyer

Personnel Manager

5. It is with much regret that I must ask you to accept this letter as formal notice of the redundancy of your position as administrative assistant with effect from 30 September 20…

6. Dear Ms Bailey

7. On behalf of the Company, I would like to thank you for the services you have given us in the past and wish you every success in the future.

8. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need clarification.

9. The Company will gladly grant you reasonable time off with pay for the purposes of attending job interviews or undertaking any training for alternative employment.

10. The services of the Personnel Department will, of course, be freely available to assist you in obtaining suitable alternative employment.

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Suggest the Ukrainian equivalents of the phrases below:

forthcoming redundancy; severance pay; notice of the redundancy of your position; administrative assistant; to undertake training; alternative employment; Personnel Department.

3.2.4. Employment Law and Human Resource Terms

This crossword has terms taken from a wide area of legal and Human Resource areas: vacation, subordinate, manpower, day off; duties; shift; leave; notice; maternity; supervisor; entitlement; blue collar.

Across

1. Someone who works in a manual job or in a job on the factory floor.

3. When you work only part of the standard working week.

6. The level of a job within the structure of a company's workforce.

9. Someone in charge of several other (usually blue-collar) workers.

11. Advance information.

12. A system of working where one group of workers starts work as soon as the other group finishes.

13. A day when you do not go to work. (2 words)

14. Someone who is below you in the organization.

Down

2. Your rights, e.g. to holidays.

4. A type of leave that women take when they have a baby.

5. Holiday or permission to be away from work.

7. The different parts of the job that you will have to do.

8. The total of all people who work in a company.

10. A period of time when you do not have to go to work.

3.2.5. Employment Discrimination

Many countries have employment legislation which prohibits discrimination against employees. As we shall see, a number of discriminatory practices have been banned. These include bias in:

• hiring

• termination

• job assignment

• promotion

• compensation

• various types of harassment

I.Below are some key grounds on which bias in employment is specifically outlawed. Link the ground with its description.

Grounds	Description
1 race	a.Where the job applicant will give birth in the near future.
2 sex	b.Where the candidate comes from a country in the developing world.
3 religion	c.Where the person is over 40.
4 colour	d. Where the employee is homosexual.
5 national origin	e. Where the prospective employee is a woman.
6 physical disability	f. Where the employee has a young family.
7 age	g. Where the employee belongs to a lesser known sect.
8 pregnancy	h. Where the applicant is dark-skinned.
9 childbirth	i.Where the employee has been sick as a result of pregnancy.
10 medical conditions related to childbirth	j.Where the applicant has a bodily handicap, but will still be able to perform the job.
11 sexual orientation	k.Where the candidate is non-European.

II. Suggest the Ukrainian equivalents of the phrases below:

employment discrimination; employment legislation; to ban; termination; job assignment; harassment; disability; bias.

III. Find English equivalents to the following phrases:

упередження; розподіл роботи; непрацездатність; дискримінація під час наймання на роботу; трудове законодавство; закінчення терміну служби; занепокоєння.