From an employment contract.

This document sets out the terms and conditions of employment which are required to be given to the Employee by national law.

1. Salary. The Employer shall pay the Employee a salary of UAH 60,000 per year by equal monthly installments. The Employer shall pay this into an account of the Employee’s choosing.

2. Hours of employment. The Employee’s normal hours of employment shall be 26 hours per week. These hours can be worked at the discretion of the employee as a flexitime agreement is in operation as a collective agreement between the Employer and the NUPW. There is no additional payment for reasonable overtime on Mondays to Fridays during the summer months.

3. Sickness. The Employee shall receive normal payment during sickness absence for a maximum of 6 weeks in any period of 12 months. This will be less the amount of any Social Security illness benefits or payments to which the Employee may be entitled.

4. Pension. There is no pension scheme available to the Employee.

5. Termination. The Employer may terminate this agreement by giving written notice to the Employee as follows:

a) With not less than a fortnight of notice during the first 2 years of continuous employment.

b) With not less a month of notice after 2 years of continuous employment.

Ex. 2. Read the following contract clause. The missing words are in the list below. For each gap choose the word which best fits into the space from the options provided. Use each option only once.

From the termination clause of an employment contract.

Sherburn travel hereinafter know as the Company may summarily terminate any Employee’s employment without (1) ……………………. Notice with the consequence that he\she shall have no claim for damages or any other (2) ……………………… against the Company in the event of the Employee:

1. being deemed guilty of any serious failure or (3) ………………….. in carrying out his\her duties or committing any serious breach of any of the terms of this agreement

2. becoming the subject of a (4) ……………………… order or an interim order under the Insolvency Act

3. being convicted of a serious criminal offence other than an offence under road traffic (5) …………… for which a penalty other than imprisonment is imposed; or

4. giving public expression to any matter which affects the Company or its business without authority or committing an act which brings the Company into disrepute or prejudices its (6) ………………. .

A B

BANKRUPTCY INTERESTS

C D

REMEDY LEGISLATION

E F

NEGLECT PRIOR

Ex. 3. Read the text below. It is from a contract. Some words in the text are underlined. The meanings of these words appear in the box below, but they are not in the same order. Match the underlined words in the text with the correct meanings by writing the letters (A, B, C, etc) in the box below. There is an example at the beginning.

1. Unless terminated in accordance with (AA) clause 1.2 below this agreement shall continue until 1 January 20_ _.

2. Either (A) party may terminate this agreement at any time by giving 3 month’s advance (B) notice to the other party in writing.

3. Either party may (C) terminate this agreement with immediate effect in the event of the following occurrences:

• the other party has (D) committed a material breach of any of its obligations under this agreement and fails to (E) remedy any such breach within 14 days of receipt of a written notice which specifies the breach and requires it to be remedied (F) forthwith

• the other party (G) ceases to carry on business, makes an arrangement with its (H) creditors or becomes the object of (I) winding up, dissolution, administration, bankruptcy, or any other insolvency related procedure in any (J) jurisdiction to which it is subject.

AA	a section or part of a written contract
	done, carried out
	one of the people or groups involved in a contract or a case in court
	correct, put right
	end
	warning, notification
	legal power over someone or something
	at once, immediately
	stops
	the closing of the company and the sale of its assets
	people that you owe money to

Ex. 4. 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 reference on your behalf.

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

4. Yours sincerely

Ann 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 31 august 2010.

6. Dear Mrs. Boyle

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.

Ex. 5. Look at the letter below. A lawyer has written it on behalf of his client. Parts of the letter are written in an inappropriate way. They are underlined. Rewrite the letter changing the underlined parts by more appropriate variants. What two outcomes from this situation are possible? Are there enough reasons to win litigation?

Lindow and Garget

Scott House

Odessa

ON5 2DQ

14 September 20XX

Mr. Nick Birds

S and C Plumbing and Heating Services

Unit 2 St Andrew Industrial Estate

Odessa

ON1 1BB

Dear Mr. Birds

Your work for Mrs. Martinez

1. I am working for Mrs. Martinez who has asked me to contact you on her behalf.

Mrs. Martinez has (2) said to me that you carried out some plumbing and building work in her home at 25 Serpova Lane in August 20XX. Mrs. Martinez (3) is saying that despite numerous telephone calls and letters to your place of business, (4) you have been silent about the complaints that she has made concerning the work that you carried out. May I draw your attention to the fact that despite having no formal, written agreement (5) a contract of spoken words exists between you.

My client would like to raise the following points with you:

1. You (6) promised you would remove an old gas fire from her living room and repair the damage to the wall. You removed the fire on 2 August 20XX, but (7) at this moment the wall has not been repaired.

2. You installed a new hot water boiler in the kitchen and suggested that (8) for more money of £150 you would build a cupboard around it so that it would not be visible. You installed the boiler on 9 August 20XX but failed to fit the cupboard according to your agreement.

My client also tells me that in addition to this, you have not supplied her with (9) paper to prove that she has paid you for the cash amount of £ 1,800 that she gave you on 20 August 20XX.

Please contact this office as soon as possible so that we can discuss how to resolve this (10) argument as quickly as possible.

Yours sincerely

Rosalind Blackwell

Ex. 6. Read the following article and retell it in English, give your point of view on the suggested problem.