I. Answer the questions.
1. What are the two main reasons of employees being generally dissatisfied with their purchasing power?
2. Give five examples of how a worker will probably show that he feels he is underpaid.
3. What strong trade union argument or principle in relation to pay is mentioned in the text?
4. Why are compensation and reward not the same as payment?
5. What is the difference between wages and salaries?
6. What type of earnings are young workers interested in?
II. Translate into Ukrainian:
to feel underpaid, purchasing power, disgruntlement, lateness, absence, to be overpaid, the equitable argument, crucial, working group and reference groups, pensions and sick pay, white-collar employment.
III. Translate the sentences into English.
1. , .
2. .
3. , , .
4. : , , , , ..
5. .
6. , .
7. , , , 쒿.
IV. Match the terms and definitions:
| Terms | Definitions |
| 1. remunerations 2. white collars 3. wage 4. compensation 5. reward 6. sick pay 7. benefit 8. blue collars 9. withdrawal 10. basic pay 11. earnings (n.pl.) 12. salary | a) pay, usually expressed as an annual sum and paid monthly; b) weekly pay; c) wages and other financial benefits received from employment; d) office workers; e) the act of taking away; f) manual workers; g) payment for loss or injury; h) special payment for a special act; i) money paid during absence from work through illness; j) wages or salary; k) the amount of indemnity to be regularly paid as a right under a state or private insurance scheme; 1) normal amount paid weekly or monthly to a worker without extra payments. |
V. Complete the following sentences with words opposite in meaning to the words in italics.
| e.g. interesting He does not like his job because it is uninteresting. |
1. satisfied Workers become ..if their jobs offer no challenge.
2. conclusive Since the report was so , no recommendations were made.
3. responsible behaviour by staff can be costly to an organization.
4. popular Managements become .. if they fail to pay bonuses.
5. respectful No manager likes a subordinate to be
6. secure A worker who feels . In his job will probably not be committed to the firm he works for.
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7. social People who work . Hours, for example at night-time, generally receive extra pay.
8. efficient Nowadays, it is not easy to get rid of an employee who is ...
VI. Translate the following sentences using the Participle II in the Attributive function.
1. , . (to require)
2. , , . (to offer)
3. , . (to base upon)
4. , . (to attend)
5. ᒺ . (to provide)
6. . (to create)
7. , : ? (to ask of)
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