17.1.7. gy. A1C1 (példák)

retire verb /rɪˈtaɪər/ [I] nyugdíjba megy; visszavonul (állásból/tisztségből)

She retired from the company in 2007.

He is due to retire as chief executive next year.

sack verb /sæk/ [T] elbocsát, kirúg (munkahelyről)

They sacked her for being late.

He got sacked from his last job.

strike verb /straɪk/ *(struck, struck) 3 sztrájkol [I]

Train drivers are threatening to strike over pay.

dismissal noun /dɪˈsmɪs.əl/ 2 elbocsátás (munkahelyről) [C or U]

a letter of dismissal

She accused her employers of unfair dismissal.

redundancy noun /rɪˈdʌn.dən.si/ munkaerő-felesleg; (munkahelyi) leépítés [C or U]

There have been a lot of redundancies in the mining industry.

retirement noun /rɪˈtaɪə.mənt/ [C or U] 1 nyugdíjazás; visszavonulás

Many teachers over the age of 50 are taking early retirement.

What is the normal retirement age in this country?

strike noun /straɪk/ [C or U] sztrájk

The city's bus drivers have been on strike for three weeks.

a teachers' strike

striker noun /ˈstraɪ.kər/ [C] 1 sztrájkoló (munkás)

Managers have threatened to sack the strikers.

unemployment noun /ˌʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/ [U] munkanélküliség

a rise/fall in unemployment

Unemployment has fallen/risen again for the third month in a row.

redundant adjective /rɪˈdʌn.dənt/ 1 létszám feletti (munkaerő)

Half the workforce has been made redundant because of the decline in sales.

unemployed adjective /ˌʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪd/ munkanélküli

He's been unemployed for over a year.

Phrasal verbs:

lay off ↔ sb /leɪ/ elbocsát (munkahelyről)

Because of falling orders, the company has been forced to lay off several hundred workers.

Phrases and idioms:

out of work nem dolgozik, munkanélküli

I've been out of work for the last six months.

Both she and her husband are out of work.

the sack elbocsátás, kirúgás (munkahelyről)

He got the sack from his last job.

the unemployed a munkanélküliek

We want to get the unemployed back into work.