UNEMPLOYMENT – VOCABULARY CLAIMS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT WORK

Claims for unemployment benefit

Work / a job / labour

Workforce

Workplace

Equal opportunities x unequal

Occupation / position

job advertisement / advert / ad

carrier

Benefits payments

jobless rate / unemployment rate

Average earnings /salaries /wages /pays

Joblessness / unemployment

financial crisis

To work part-time

a full-time job

To work part-time

To work full-time

To work flexi-time

To work nine-to-five

To work shifts ( to do shift work)

To work overtime

youth unemployment

Training, schooling

to gain /get skills

skilled /qualified x unskilled / unqualified worker

To re-qualify (for a car mechanic)

Re-qualification

affordable housing

State housing

Social housing

working class

school leavers

university graduates

Yearly / monthly / weekly income

x

Yearly / monthly / weekly costs/expenditures

To pay income tax

To pay Value Added Tax (VAT)

To fill in a tax return form

family / personal savings

labour market

Labour law

Job interview

personal adviser

To terminate / end employment ( to dismiss sb., to fire sb., to sack) /to make sb. redundant

To lose a job

Loss of employment

redundancy payment

To register at the labour office / unemployment office / job centre

To claim / apply for unemployment benefit / jobseekers allowance

claimants of/ applicants for job seekers allowance / … of unemployment benefit

To look for/ search for / seek a new job

jobseeker

To apply for a job

To write a job application letter

To fill in an job application form

To have an interview

To go to an audition

To get a new job / to be accepted

To fill a position / a vacancy

A superior x a subordinate

To be on maternity (parental) leave

To be on sick leave

Self-employment

Self-employed person

To employ / to recruit

employee

employer

Employed x unemployed

Employment x unemployment

Employable x unemployable

to sign an employment contract

Employment policy /strategy

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Labour Law