Gateway B2 Unit 2 Vocab

to remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong

• retire

• make redundant

• resign

• dismiss

a system of working in which people work a set number of hours within a fixed period of time, but can change the time they start or finish work

• work full-time

• work overtime

• be on flexitime

• do shift work

done with the hands

the advancement of someone to a more important rank or position

not working for an employer but finding work for yourself or having your own business

to leave your job or stop working because of old age

• retire

• resign

• fire

• sack

a system in which different groups of workers work somewhere at different times of the day and night

• full-time

• part-time

• shift work

• flexitime

Mark is not in the office today. He broke his leg yesterday, so he's on ........... leave.

a person employed to take care of a large building, such as a school, and who deals with the cleaning, repairs, etc.

• head teacher

• principal

• school caretaker

• school guard

general expression for when you lose your job= become .....................