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

bulletin 公告

plaintiff 原告

tribunal 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

curriculum vitae 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。

写作训练

Writing: formulate a smoking policy for your office which is fair to both smokers and non-smokers. Write a 40-50 word memo informing all staff of the policy.

为你的办公室制定一个关于吸烟的制度，做到对吸烟员工和不吸烟员工都公平。写一个40-50字的备忘录，将这一制度告知每个员工。

参考例文

Memo

To: all staff

From: Charles Dyer

Date: 7 July 2000

Re: Smoking policy

As there are only two smokers in this building, they have agreed to smoke outside. However they will need regular cigarette breaks. Please consider smokers when organizing meetings. You are advised to plan breaks at least every two hours.

Problems at work 工作中的问题

口语练习

Speaking: Do you think any of the speakers were treated unfairly?

你认为以上5个员工中是否有谁受到了不公正的待遇？

口语练习

Work in pairs. As a manager, how would you deal with the incidents below? Would you?

作为经理，你应该对一下所列的各种情况？你是否会：

Take no action against the person?

Have a friendly word with the person?

Give an official verbal warning?

Give an official written warning?

Dismiss the person?

对他不采取行动

对他好言相劝

给他正式的口头警告

给他正式的书面警告

解雇他

1. An employee who repeatedly refuses to observe safety requirements has caused a small fire. Little damage has been caused and no-one has been hurt.

2. You hear that an employee has physically threatened a colleague. This is the first time he has behaved this way.

3. An employee has told a friend ( a journalist) about secret negotiations your company is having about the takeover of another company. The story appears on the front page of a national newspaper.

4. An employee has come to work and is acting strangely. You talk to her and can smell alcohol on her breath.

5. You discover that information a new employee has included on her curriculum vitae is not true. She has exaggerated her experience and lied about her qualifications.

6. A new member of the secretarial staff arrives a few minutes late and leaves a few minutes early every day. Also, she takes fifteen minutes or more extra at lunchtime. Several of her colleagues have been heard to complain about this.

7. As you are leaving the office, you notice an employee putting a packet of photocopier paper in his bag.

8. An employee, frustrated with his computer, has hit it violently. The machine is irreparable and a replacement will cost ￡1,200.

1 一名员工多次拒不遵守安全规则，引起了一场小火灾。但火灾几乎没有造成什么损失，也没有造成人员受伤。

2 你听说有一名员工对同事进行武力威胁，这是他第一次有这样的行为。

3 一名员工向他的朋友（一名记者）泄漏公司秘密，告诉他公司正在进行关于购另一公司的谈判，这一消息便出现在一家全国性报纸的头板上。

4 一名员工来上班，但举止古怪。你和她谈话时可以闻到她呼吸中有酒气。

5 你发现一名新员工的个人简历中提供的信息不真实，她夸大了自己的经历并在其资质方面说了谎。

6 一名新来的文秘人员每天上班迟到几分钟、下班早退几分钟，而且午餐时间也别人多用15分钟甚至更多的时间。听说她的几个同事对此有抱怨。

7 你离开办公室时，看到一名员工把一包复印纸装人自己的包里。

8 一名员工因为电脑出问题而感到沮丧，于是他猛击电脑，给这台电脑造成无法补救的损坏，而买一台新的电脑需要花费1200英镑。

参考词语和表达

safety is the first priority of the company 安全是公司优先考虑的事情。

Learn to be co-operative and respect your colleague 学会合作并尊重同事

Breach confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements and bring about heavy loss to the company 违反了保密和不泄密协议，给公司造成了重大损失

Awareness of business secrets 保护商业秘密的意识

Discourage employees from drinking at work 阻止员工在上班时喝酒

You cannot work with a hangover 酒醉后无法工作

Promote honesty 弘扬诚信

Violate code of business conduct and ethics 违反商业行为和道德准则

Strictly observe honesty principle 遵守诚实的原则

Willful destruction of the company property is vandalism 肆意毁坏公司财物是故意毁坏公物的行为

Indemnify for the damaged property 对所毁坏财物做出赔偿