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1.

___________ is the fact of being on time for work (for example, ‘He was
reprimanded for bad ___________’).

2. ___________ is paid time which the management agrees an employee can spend on
rest, cleaning or meals, not working.

3. ___________ is a form of employment in which two or more people do a single job


or take on a specific role within a company, each person working part-time.

4. ___________ is a short form of the expression flexible time.

5. A company or organisation that puts a lot of emphasis on flexibility in its employment


practices is known informally as a ___________.

6. A company or organisation that puts too little emphasis on flexibility in its working
practices is known informally as a ___________.

7. An employee who works ___________ works at times such as in the evening, at night
or during public holidays when most people are not at work.

8. Employees who work ___________ work for the normal working time (i.e. about 8
hours a day 5 days a week).

9. Employees who work ___________ do not work for the whole working week (for
example, they might only work 4 hours a day instead of 8).

10. A time for which work is paid at twice the normal rate (for example, at weekends or
on public holidays) is called ___________.

11. ___________ is the normal rate of pay plus 50% extra (for example, when an
employee does overtime or works evenings).

12. Hours worked more than the normal working hours are called ___________.

13. ___________ is a period when employees working under a flexible time system
must be present at work.

14. The act of changing an employee's shift or working hours is called ___________.

15 If a company does not operate a flexible time system, we say that the employees
work ___________ hours.

16. ___________ refers to a system where employees take turns in working different
shifts.
17. The ___________ is an informal expression for the night shift.

18. ___________ is a working method where employees work at home (usually on


computer terminals), and send the finished material back to the office by email.

19. A duty ___________ is a list of times showing when each employee is on duty at
those times.

20. When you record the time you leave work by putting a card into a special machine,
you ___________.

21. A ___________ is a record of when employees arrive at and leave work, or one
which shows how much time an employee spends on different jobs each day.

22. In Britain, parents who have children under 6, or disabled children under 18, have a
legal right to have their working hours arranged to help them with their responsibilities.
This right is known as ___________.

23. The ability to devote a sensible amount of time to doing your job, making sure that
you have enough time left over to do other things (for example, spend time with your
family) is referred to as ___________.

24. ___________ are payments made to an employee in addition to their basic pay to
compensate them for the inconvenience of the pattern of shift work.

25. The ___________ is another name for the evening shift, just before it gets dark.

26. When an employee is moved systematically from one job to another, this is known
as ___________.

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