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usually three months minus one day from the date when the thing you are complaining about last happened.
Health and safety
All employers have a statutory duty to take care of the health and safety of all their employees, for example, they should provide first aid equipment, and adequate means of escape in case of fire, protective clothing and ensure all machinery is safe.
In addition, there are specific rules which cover the following:-
fire safety, cleanliness, noise, machinery, lifting and carrying heavy weights, hazardous substances, toilets, washing facilities, drinking water, seating, first aid facilities, temperatures and hours and rests.
Nearly all workers have the right not to have to work for more than 48 hours on average, a week. Night workers cannot work an average of more than eight hours in each 24 hour period. Workers aged 18 and over (adult workers) are entitled to one day off each week. Workers aged 16-18 (adolescent workers) are entitled to two days off each week. Adult workers are entitled to eleven hours consecutive rest per day, and a minimum 20 minute rest break if their working day is longer than six hours. Adolescent workers are entitled to 12 hours consecutive rest per day, and a minimum 30 minute rest break if they work for longer than four and a half hours, use of computers, smoking at work is banned.
ACAS - The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service is a Crown nondepartmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom.
Exercise 1 Find these words and word combinations in the text.
a)отпрашиваться с работы
b)улучшать работу
c)отклонить просьбу
d)подать жалобу в
e)оказать первую помощь
f)защитная одежда
g)пожарная безопасность
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Exercise 2 Say if the sentences are true or false. Correct the wrong ones.
1. In England, Scotland and Wales an employee has the right to ask for time off, and
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to pay for it. |
2.An employee |
can ask for time off to do any training which would help him be |
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effective at work, and improve the performance of the business he works for.
3. An employee must also have worked for the employer for at least 2 weeks . to ask
for flexible working.
4. Flexible working can include working part time, working school hours, working
flexitime, home working, job sharing, shift working, staggering hours and compressing
hours.
5. As an employee you have the right to ask to work flexibly, his employer has to
agree to it..
6.An employee can make one request to work flexibly each year verbally or in writing.
7.All employers have a statutory duty to take care of the health and safety of all their
employees.
8. Nearly all workers have the right not to have to work for more than 40 hours on average, a week.
Exercise 3 Complete these sentences.
1. You have the right to ask for time off for training if……………..
2.You have the right to ask your employer for flexible working if.
……………………
3.If you are caring for an adult, the adult must be one of the following
……………….
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4.If your appeal for flexible working is refused, you may be able to
……………………
5.The time limit for making a claim to an employment tribunal
is………………………
6. Night workers cannot work ……………………………………..
Exercise 4 Match these terms and their definitions.
1 shift working |
a) working the total normal full-time hours but in fewer |
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days, that is, by working longer days. |
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2. staggering hours |
b) an employment arrangement where typically two |
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people are retained on a part-time or reduced-time basis |
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to perform a job normally fulfilled by one person working |
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full-time. |
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3. compressing hours. |
c) materials include: man-made chemicals, naturally |
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occurring metals, |
phenols, endocrine disruptors, |
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pesticides, etc. |
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4. job sharing |
d) to arrange otherwise than at the same time, especially |
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in a series of alternating or continually overlapping |
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intervals |
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5. hazardous substances |
e) an employment practice designed to make use of, or |
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provide service across, all 24 hours of the clock each day |
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of the week |
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Exercise 5. Answer these questions
1.What does a statutory duty to take care of the health and safety of all their employees involve ?
2.What aspects do specific rules cover?
3.How long do all workers have the right not to have to work?
4.How do employees aged 16-18 work?
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TEXT 4.
Discrimination
Discrimination means treating someone worse than other people for some reason. You have rights not to be treated worse than other people at work because of your
age, disability, pregnancy or maternity leave, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Discrimination can be either direct or indirect. Direct discrimination occurs when someone is treated worse than other people for some reason. For example, if an Asian employee is not selected for promotion because of their race, this is direct race discrimination.
Indirect discrimination occurs where a particular employee cannot meet a requirement which is not justifiable in terms of the work and they are at a disadvantage as a result. For example, if the employer only gives training to full-time workers, this would indirectly discriminate against women, as most part-time workers are women.
Harassment is also a form of discrimination. Harassment can include verbal abuse, suggestive remarks and unwanted physical contact. You may also be discriminated against if you are victimized because you have tried to take action about discrimination.
If you've been discriminated against at work you can make a claim to an employment tribunal. There's a strict time limit for making a claim. This is usually three months minus one day from the date when the thing you are complaining about last happened.
Bullying
Your employer should protect you from being bullied at work.
Trade unions
An employee has the right to join a trade union, and should not be refused a job, dismissed, harassed or selected for redundancy because they are a member of or wish to join a trade union.
An employee also has the right not to join a trade union if they wish, and should not be refused a job, dismissed, harassed or selected for redundancy
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because they refused to join.
A member of a trade union has the right to take part in trade union activities, for example, recruiting members, collecting subscriptions and attending meetings.
Trade union activities must take place either outside the employee’s normal working hours or at a time agreed with the employer. An employee has no right to be paid for this time off work unless their contract allows for this.
Trade union activities don't include taking industrial action, for example, going on strike. There are different rules about taking industrial action.
An employee should not be refused a job or dismissed because they are on a list because of their trade union activities or membership. It is also against the law to make, sell, supply or use a list to discriminate against people in a trade union.
Whistle-blowing at work
There is some protection for workers who are concerned about malpractice at work and who publicly disclose information about their employer’s activities. This is called ‘whistle-blowing’. The information disclosed must relate to:-
-a criminal offence
-a failure to comply with a legal obligation
-a miscarriage of justice
-a health and safety issue
-damage to the environment
-an attempt cover up any of the above.
Surveillance at work
Employers have the right to monitor their employees’ communications, provided they have warned them first that they are doing this. Employers can monitor, for example, postal communications, telephone calls, faxes, emails, internet use.
Monitoring and surveillance is only permitted by law if:-