Workplace Vocabulary

If you are no longer needed by your employer, you...

• are on the dole

• are made redundant

• are on sick leave

• get a pay rise

An increase in the amount of money you earn for doing your job is...

• a pay rise

• a pay raise

• a promotion

• 1 & 2 are correct

If you are not paid enough money for the work that you do, you are

• overpaid

• a workaholic

• underpaid

• unemployed

If you have your own business, you are

• self-employed

• autonomous

• a commuter

• a blue-collar worker

The smallest amount of money that employers are legally allowed to pay is called

• minimum rise

• average salary

• a temporary job

• minimum wage

To leave work

• To get the sack

• To clock out

• To work overtime

• To clock in

If you are unemployed and receiving money from the government, you...

• are underpaid

• are on strike

• are on the dole

• are self-employed

The period that a person is schedule to work is called

• work shift

• work turn

• clock in

• clock out

If you spend time working after the usual time expected in a job, you

• work full time

• work part time

• work overtime

• work flexible hours

An organisation that represents workers is called

• a commuter

• a coalition

• a partnership

• a trade union