Job Advertisements

A job (1) …………. in a newspaper in which an employer is looking for an employee for a specific (2) ………… is not yet an offer in the legal sense, which the employee would only have to accept in order (3) ………….. an employment contract. Advertisements such as these are rather an invitation to make an offer. Therefore the employer is only obliged (4) ………….. expenses related to an interview (travelling expenses, possible (5) ………… of bed and board), if he expressly invites interested candidates for (6) ………….. in the advertisement.

According to the Civil code an employer must not (7) …………. a position, neither publicly nor within the (8) ………… as exclusively for men or exclusively for women. The only exception to this arises in cases where being one sex or the other is an essential (9) ……………. for the (10) …………. at hand (e.g. the advertisement for the role of a male actor (11) …………. not be formulated for (12) …………, too). This regulation is designed to (13) ……….. that prohibition of discrimination on account of one’s sex is applied even at the stage of job advertisement. The (14) ………. to advertise jobs in a way which does (15) …………. against sex is both applicable for public advertisements of the employer, e.g. in newspapers, and for advertisements within the firm.

Ex. 11. The following text deals with aspects of employee health and safety. Complete the gaps with an appropriate word derived from the words given.

Workplace (1) ………… (safety) and (2) ……………. (healthy) law establish basic standards aimed at reducing the numbers of (3) ……………. (ill), (4) ………….. (injure) and (5) ………….. (die) in workplaces. Because most workplace safety (6) …………….. (regulate) rely for their effectiveness on employees who are willing to report job (7) …………… (dangerous), most laws also prevent employers from firing or discriminating against employees who report (8) ………….. (safe) conditions to proper authority.

Workers’ compensation laws are designed to ensure that employees who are (9) ………….. (injure) or (10) …………… (disable) on the job are provided with fixed (11) …………… (money) awards, eliminating the need for litigation. These laws also provide benefits for (12) …………… (depend) of those (13) ………… (work) who are killed because of work-related accidents or illnesses. Some laws also provide (14) …………. (protect) for employers and fellow workers by limiting the amount an injured employee can (15) …………… (recovery) from an employer and by eliminating the (16) …………. (liable) of co-workers in most accidents.

Listening 8. Listen to the following funny song “Nursery Rhyme Lawyer Lyrics” by Throwing Toasters and fill in the missing words or phrases. What do you think about the work of a lawyer and this song?

This is a great song about a lawyer who represents characters from popular nursery rhymes. Humpty Dumpty, Jack 'n Jill - all victims of needless accidents. Who do you call? The Nursery Rhyme Lawyer. Who else is going to serve a restraining order to keep the spider away from Little Miss Muffet.

Nursery Rhyme Lawyer Lyrics

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall and All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't get him a (1) ………………..

But I could Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch themselves a pail of water They fell down and we (2) ………… everyone Including the hill owner's daughter If you are a nursery rhyme And you're in trouble all the time Wanna put your wife in a pumpkin rhine? I can give you peace of mind 'Cause my service is one of a kind I'm the Nursery Rhyme Lawyer Little Miss Muffett sat on her tuffet And then that spider came out to play We served that arachnid with a (3) …………….. order Now he must be at least two hundred yards away Blackbirds baked in your pie? Boy kissed you and made you cry? Your cow jumpin' into the sky? Crazy, thinkin' he could fly Give my services a try And see what a good boy am I My ex-husband, that crooked old man, ran off with that floozy gardener, Mistress Mary, and left me with these twenty kids living in a shoe. I didn't have any idea what to do. So, I called up the Nursery Rhyme Lawyer. In just one week, he had found that miserable scum-bag of a man and had him paying (4) …… ………... Huh! He can keep those cockle shells, I got the money. We live in a boot now, and I have a summer sandal on the lake. Thank you Nursery Rhyme Lawyer! When your cupboard is bare I'm gonna be there Dish ran away with your spoon I'll get it back soon If you've lost your sheep There's no need to weep Someone's (5) ………….. your tarts Don't let it break your heart If your bridge is fallin' down I'm gonna be around When the bough breaks I've got what it takes You know who I am I'm the Nursery Rhyme Lawyer You know, I make my living jumping over candlesticks because I'm very nimble and quick. But, uh, one day I slipped on a puddle of wax and I got burned pretty badly. I called the Nursery Rhyme Lawyer and he was able to get me workman's (6) …………. in no time flat. Thank you Nursery Rhyme Lawyer! My little lamb followed me to school one day. Those mean boys and girls just laughed and laughed at him all day long. So I called the Nursery Rhyme Lawyer and we filed (7) …………….. of character suits against them and I haven't heard so much as a peep from them since. Thank you Nursery Rhyme Lawyer! I got pushed off a wall and the Nursery Rhyme Lawyer got me $1.2 million. You know the story. Man, my brains is scrambled . . .