Check Your English Vocabulary for Living in the UK.pdf

18. A weig____ is an additional amount of money paid to an employee to compensate him / her forliving in an expensive area.19. By law, British companies have to give their employees the right to take paid holidays and other timeoff work: this is known as lea____ entit____.20. Inc____ is another word for the money that people receive for working. The money that they spendis known as expen____.21. For some people, the money that they earn for doing a job is less important than job satis____ (thepleasure they get from doing their job).22. A sales person usually earns a percentage of the sales value of the product or service he / she sells:this is called a comm____ .23. Some companies have incen____ pl____, where they offer their employees extra rewards andbenefits for good attendance, increased productivity, etc.24. The amount of money an employee receives each hour, day, week, etc, is known as an hourly / daily/ weekly ra____.25. If an employee loses his / her job because the company doesn't need or can't afford to keep him /her, they should normally receive redun____ p____.26. Some companies offer their employees a dis____ on the products and services they sell, whichmeans that the employee can buy them for less than the usual price.27. If an employee takes a job in another town or city which is a long way from his / her original homeand place of work, he / she might be offered a reloc____ allow____.28. Some companies have a policy of pro____ sha____, where some or all of the money that they makeis given to their employees.29. Gr____ is an adjective used to describe an employee's earnings before the money in numbers 5 and7 on the previous page have been removed.30. N____ is an adjective used to describe an employee's earnings after the money in numbers 5 and 7on the previous page have been removed.31. When the money that an employee receives rises automatically by the percentage increase in thecost of living, we say that it is in____-lin____.32. If the amount of money an employee receives depends on how well he / she does his / her job, wesay that it is perf____ – rel____.33. When the money that an employee earns is based on age, experience, qualifications, position in thecompany, etc, we say that it is comm____.34. Women who are expecting a baby are entitled to mat_____ leave before and after their child isborn. Their partner is entitled to pat_____ leave.35. People who do not have a job may be entitled to unem_____ be____, on certain conditions (forexample, they have made enough NI contributions: see number 7 on the previous page).9