Know your rights 了解你的权利

词汇准备

automatic right
当然的权利

work extra time
加班

smoking policy
有关吸烟的政策

staff complaints
员工投诉

公告

原告

法庭

industrial tribunal
劳资仲裁庭

rule
裁定,裁决

tribunal rules
法庭裁决

cloudy
忧郁的

legal action
法律诉讼

law firm
法律事务所

employment law
劳工法

employment appeal tribunal
劳工诉讼法庭

fellow colleagues
同事

a series of
一系列

solve the problem
解决问题

to draw up/formulate a policy
起草一份政策规定

contractual obligation
合同义务

smoking bans
禁烟令

grievance
牢骚,不满

award
裁定,判给

to be faced with
面对

absent from work
缺勤

priorities
以重要性为顺序安排工作

sack
解雇

poor time keeping
时间管理能力差

sexual harassment
性骚扰

front page of a newspaper
报纸头版

个人简历

a packet of photocopier paper
一包复印纸

口语练习

Speaking: discuss the following questions about smoking in the workplace.
就下列关于在工作场所吸烟的问题进行讨论。

Should employees have an automatic right to smoke at work?

Should employers be allowed to ask smokers who take frequent smoking breaks to work extra hours?

How can employers balance the interests of smokers and non-smokers?

What should employers do if they cannot meet the needs of both smokers and non-smokers?

员工是否应该把在工作中吸烟视为当然的权利?

雇主是否有权利让经常吸烟的员工加班?

雇主怎样才能做到平衡吸烟员工与不吸烟员工之间的利益?

如果雇主不能同时满足吸烟员工与不吸烟员工的需要,应该怎么办?

参考词汇和表达

make regulation for smoking in the workplace
制定关于在工作场所吸烟的规定

non-smokers have to do passive smoking
不吸烟者只得被动吸烟

strictly follow the rules
严格遵守各项规则

to abuse a system
滥用制度

a draw up/formulate a policy
起草一份政策规定

to observe rules and regulations
遵守规章制度

deal with the employer’s complaints/grievances
处理员工的申诉

to consult staff on this issue
在这一问题上听取员工的意见

口语练习

Speaking: do you think the decision of the EAT was fair? Why/why not?
你认为劳工诉讼法庭的判决合理吗?为什么?

参考词汇和表达

respect the employee’s basic right at work
尊重员工在工作中的基本权利

protect the employee’s working time rights
保护员工在工作中的权利

prevent employers from denying staff their legal rights
防止雇主拒绝员工的合法权利

if employers break the law, cannot allow them to get away with it
如果雇主违法,不允许他们逃避惩罚

the employer is not acting within the law
雇主不按法律行事

the employer has breached its contractual obligations
雇主违反了合同义务

make other companies to think carefully about their own working environment
促使其他公司谨慎考虑他们的工作环境。