This ppt has been prepared by Dra. Daniela Zabala for an Employment Law Lesson, in a Legal English course.

1. The
Languague of
Employment
Law
Daniela Zabala-
Seminario de Ingles Jurídico 2020
Universidad Católica de Cuyo sede San Luis.

2. Employment Law
It entails contracts between employers
and employees which are normally
controlled by specific legislation

3. Let’s talk
✓ Are you an employer or an employee?
✓ Do you have a secretary? Do you
have a staff of employees?
✓ Do you pay or receive salary, wages
or remuneration?
✓ Do you work in a full-time or a part-
time job?
✓ Have you ever applied for a job? Have
you ever been in a job interview?
✓ Have you ever took a maternity
leave? Or received a sick pay?

4. “In the UK, certain laws
have been enacted
regulating the areas of
sex discrimination, race
relations, disability, health
and safety, and employee
rights in general.
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5. Certain aspects of employment contracts are
covered by the Trade Union and Labour
Relations Act 1992.
Labour Law refers to negotiation, collective
bargaing and arbitration processes and
primarily deal with the relationship between
employers and trade unions.
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6. Recruiting process
Employers must take into consideration
that it is unlawful to discriminate
between applicants on the basis of:
✓ Gender
✓ Marital status
✓ Color
✓ Race
✓ Nationality
✓ Ethnic origins
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7. After the employee is hired,
protection is generally under the
Employment Rights Act 1996.
This Act requires the employer to
provide the employee with a
document containing the terms and
conditions of employment.
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8. Employment contract
Must include the following:
✓ Identities of the parties
✓ The date of employment
✓ A statement of whether there has
been continuation of employment
✓ The amount and frequency of pay
✓ Hours of work
✓ Holiday entitlement
✓ Job Title
✓ Work location 8

9. Clause
Is a section of the
contract, usually has
a number, e.g. 1.
Sometimes a clause is
divided into further
sections, e.g. 1.1.2.
Employment contract
Provision
Is a term contained in
a contract. All of the
terms and conditions
of a contract are
called the provisions
of the contract.
Lawyers often use “to
provide”.
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10. Employment
Contract Clauses
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• This clause deals with
the period of time that
the contract will be
valid.
Term of
the
contract
• This clause gives the
name of the employee’s
job.
Job Title
• This clause deals with the
amount of time that the
employee is obliged to
work every week or month
Working
Hours

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• This clause deals with the
payment that the employee
will receive in return for
working for the employer.
Remuneration
• This clause deals with the time
that the employee is allowed
to stay away from work to rest
and relax and still receive his
or her pay.
Holidays
• This clause deals with the
money that an employer must
pay to an employee when the
employee is ill and cannot
work.
Sick Pay

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• This clause deals with what an
employee must do if he or she
is unhappy at work and wants
to complain to the employer.
Grievance
procedure
• This clause deals with what
the employer must do if he or
she is unhappy with the way
the employee is behaving at
work.
Disciplinary
procedure
• This clause deals with the
arrangements for the
employee to have money in
his or her old age.
Pension

14. 14
• This clause deals with the
employee’s obligation not to
tell anyone about certain
information that belongs to
the employer.
Confidentiality
• This clause deals with the
employee’s obligation after the
contract of employment ends not
to start the same business or
work for a rival of the employer for
a certain period of time.
Non-
competition
• This clause deals with the
ways in which the contract of
employment can end.
Termination

15. Let’s practice. What clause is it?
1. If you have a complaint relating to your employment you
should follow the procedure attached to this contract in
order to inform your manager about your complaint.
2. This contract is for the duration of 12 months.
3. The employer may end this agreement by giving four
week’s written notice to the Employee.
4. The Employee is entitled to 25 days per year in addition to
public holidays.
5. The Employee shall not during the term of his or her
employment disclose any material information relating to
his or her employment to any third party.
6. The Employer agrees to employ the Employee in the
position of sales assistant.
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The Glass Ceiling
It is a metaphor used to represent an
invisible barrier that keeps a given
demographic (typically applied to minorities)
from rising beyond a certain level in a
hierarchy.

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18. Thanks!Any questions? Please write to:
daniela.zabala26@gmail.com
adelamperezdelviso@gmail.com
Sources: Mason Catherine. “The Lawyers English Language Coursebook”,
Second Edition, Global Legal English LTD, 2014, England.
Krois-Lindner Amy. “International Legal English”, Cambrigde University Press,
2008, UK. 18