20. salary (a wage is paid daily or weekly) 21. rises or increments (with a slight difference in meaning: a pay rise might be the result of promotion or hard work, an increment is usually automatic and based on the length of time with the company). 22. benefits 23. leave or holidays 24. package (we often use the expression a rewards and benefits package) 25. commensurate 26. discriminate 27. disability Part 2: 1. curriculum vitae (usually shortened to CV) or résumé 2. covering 3. suitable 4. fill in or fill out 5. application 6. submit or send 7. short-list 8. interview 9. reject or turn down 10. unsuitable 11. candidates or applicants 12. potential 13. appearance 14. disposition 15. skills or abilities 16. literate 17. interests or hobbies 18. background 19. medical 20. criminal 21. identification 22. permit 23. matches 24. profile or criteria 25. offered 26. references (referees in this context are the people who write the references) 27. employer 28. colleague or co-worker 29. induction 30. temporary 31. trial or probationary 32. permanent 33. training 34. appraisal
Employment 2: Earnings, rewards and benefits (pages 8 – 9) 1. salary 2. remuneration 3. overtime 4. increment 5. Tax / Revenue / Customs 6. return 7. National Insurance 8. deduction 9. minimum wage 10. double time 11. pension plan 12. rise (or a raise) 13. advance 14. payslip 15. bonus 16. payroll 17. package 18. weighting (for example, a job advertisement might offer an annual salary of £32000 + £5000 London weighting) 19. leave entitlement* 20. Income / expenditure 21. satisfaction 22. commission 23. incentive plans 24. rate 25. redundancy pay 26. discount 27. relocation allowance 28. profit sharing 29. gross 30. net 31. index-linked 32. performance-related 33. commensurate 34. maternity / paternity 35. unemployment benefit * By law, everyone who is in full-time employment and who is 16 or over is entitled to at least 4 weeks of paid leave each year.
Employment 3: Workplace issues (page 10) 1. trade union 2. retirement 3. health and safety 4. verbal (= spoken) warning 5. discrimination 6. supervisor 7. redundancy pay 8. notice 9. absenteeism 10. self-employed 11. maternity leave 12. harassment 13. misconduct 14. exploitation 15. allowance The expression in the shaded vertical strip (which can also be used to complete sentence 16) is unfair dismissal.
UK facts and figures (pages 11 – 12) 1. Partly true. The UK is a union of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (Ireland – also called Eire – is a republic, and has been separate from the UK since 1921). 2. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 3. False. Great Britain (usually shortened to Britain) comprises England, Scotland and Wales only. 4. No. The main UK Parliament is based in London, but Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have some independent political control (through the Scottish Parliament, the Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly) and to some degree are able to make their own laws. Some other areas, such as the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, also have greater or lesser degrees of autonomy. 5. The monarch (currently Queen Elizabeth II). 6. Welsh in Wales (where it is taught in all schools); Gaelic in Scotland. 7. Yes, they are Scottish, Welsh and Irish (with British / UK citizenship). 8. Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast. 9. (d) about 59 million (58.8 to be more precise: England = 49.1 million; Scotland = 5.1 million; Wales = 2.9 million; Northern Ireland = 1.7 million). Note: a census is carried out every 10 years. The next one will be in 2011. 10. True. 11. White: 92%; Mixed: 1.2%; Asian or Asian British: 4%; Black or Black British: 2%; Chinese: 0.4%; Other: 0.4%. 12. People of Indian descent. 13. London (where they make up 29% of the capital's residents). Other areas where there are concentrations of ethnic minorities are the West Midlands, the South East, the North West and Yorkshire / Humberside. 14. (c) 75%. 15. Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism. (People who follow these faiths are called: Buddhists, Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews). 16. About 70% (3% of people with a religion say that they are Muslim, and 1% say that they are Hindu). 17. Between 8% and 11% in England and Wales. More people attend church in Scotland and Northern Ireland. 18. (d) 1534. 19. The Supreme Governor is the head of the Church of England. The monarch has this role, so the current Supreme Governor is Queen Elizabeth II. The most senior bishop, and the person who effectively 'runs' the Church of England, is the Archbishop of Canterbury. In theory he is appointed by the monarch, but in practice is appointed by the Prime Minister following the recommendations of a committee which is appointed by the church. 20. Catholic (also called Roman Catholic, of which about 10% of UK worshippers are followers). The others are denominations of the Protestant church. (The Anglican Church is also known as the Church of England, often called the C of E. Baptists and Methodists are the two most widespread denominations in Wales, Presbyterians are members of the established church – the Kirk – in Scotland). 21. About 600 miles (about 1000km). 22. About 320 miles (about 500km). 23. (a) Newcastle-upon-Tyne; (b) Birmingham; (c) Liverpool; (d) London; (e) Glasgow. 24. London, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Sheffield, Bradford, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, Leicester, Belfast, Nottingham. Note that the cities listed here are in order of size (of the 15 cities listed here, London has the biggest population, Nottingham has the smallest). 25. 18 (for men and women. This age was lowered from 21 in 1969. Women
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