Employer, Employee, (un)employment

Common Expression

• get a reference from your (present / last) employer

• employees are laid off / made redundant

• (comanies, factories) provide employment

• employer-employee relations

• employment agency

• unemployment benefit

• high / low unemployment

• unemployment rate

Exercises

Common Expressions

1. I live in an area of high unemployment. It's almost impossible to find a job.

2. The new shoe factory will provide employment for hundreds of local people.

3. We will need a reference from your last employer before we interview you.

4. The shipyard has had to lay off about 100 employees because it has had no new orders.

5. Employer-employee relations have sunk to an low. A strike is planned.

6. The unemployment rate is now at 15% and it's still rising!

7. I got a job as a secretary through an employment agency.

8. Are you claiming unemployment benefit while you're out of work?

Note

Note these expression:

• The National Health Service is the largest single employer in our town.

• The government is determined to bring down unemployment.