a company that finds temporary work for workers and provides workers for employers on a short-term basis - staffing agency

the practice of frequently employing people and then making them redundant (letting them go) - recruit and dismiss

to terminate the employment of an individual or individuals - make redundant, lay off

to formally tell your employer that you are leaving your job - resign

money that a company must pay to workers who are made redundant - severance pay

unemployment benefits

money that a government pays to unemployed people who are looking for work - jobseeker's allowance, unemployment insurance

an organized association of workers in a trade, group of trades, or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests - labour unions, worker's union

an organization that represents workers' rights and interests to their employers - trade unions, worker's union

money paid by an employer to an employee who cannot work because of illness - sickness benefit

time off from work, either paid or unpaid, that parents are allowed to take when they have a child - family leave

time off work allowed for a woman when she is about to have or has just had a baby - pregnancy leave

time off work granted to a father after or shortly before the birth of his child - father's leave

not able to be changed or adapted - inflexible, unyielding

mandatory payments made by employers and employees to finance social welfare systems - social security contributions

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Term	Definition
temp agency	a company that finds temporary work for workers and provides workers for employers on a short-term basis - staffing agency
hire and fire	the practice of frequently employing people and then making them redundant (letting them go) - recruit and dismiss
let people go	to terminate the employment of an individual or individuals - make redundant, lay off
give notice	to formally tell your employer that you are leaving your job - resign
redundancy payments	money that a company must pay to workers who are made redundant - severance pay
unemployment benefits	money that a government pays to unemployed people who are looking for work - jobseeker's allowance, unemployment insurance
trade unions	an organized association of workers in a trade, group of trades, or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests - labour unions, worker's union
labour unions	an organization that represents workers' rights and interests to their employers - trade unions, worker's union
sick pay	money paid by an employer to an employee who cannot work because of illness - sickness benefit
parental leave	time off from work, either paid or unpaid, that parents are allowed to take when they have a child - family leave
maternity leave	time off work allowed for a woman when she is about to have or has just had a baby - pregnancy leave
paternity leave	time off work granted to a father after or shortly before the birth of his child - father's leave
rigid	not able to be changed or adapted - inflexible, unyielding
social charges	mandatory payments made by employers and employees to finance social welfare systems - social security contributions

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