BEC课堂笔记7b.doc

7b：Rights at work BEC 课堂笔记 unit 7b 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