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9 Law and Order

Listening and Speaking

A. Match the words with their definitions.
1. redundant a. unfair treatment towards someone
2. unfair dismissal b. someone who is self-employed and takes on temporary work
3. casual worker c. whether you are male or female

4. freelance contractor d. someone who works only the hours they are needed
5. outspoken e. having no work because you are not needed
6. discrimination f. bad behaviour that breaks rules
7. gender g. speaking your mind and becoming argumentative
8. misconduct h. being fired from work for no good reason

B. Use the pictures and the vocabulary in exercise A to tell a story.

1. How do you think the woman feels, and why?
2. How does she behave at work? How might her colleagues view her
behaviour?
3. What happened to her? Why do you think this happened?
4. Why might she choose to challenge this?

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C. Listen to a discussion between the woman in the photographs
above and a lawyer. Answer the questions.

1. What reason was she given for the termination of her employment?
2. Why does she doubt this?
3. How long had she been employed at the company?
4. When was she dismissed?

5. Has she received written notification yet?
6. Why does she think women in her workplace are being
discriminated against?
7. How has she behaved at work recently?

8. Do you think the woman has a case for unfair dismissal?

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