Find out and revise the meaning of concepts on the area of work.

1. In the workplace
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2. Work to rule
To work no more than the
minimum legally established.

3. Go on the picket line
A line or procession of people
picketing a place of employment or
otherwise staging a public protest.

4. To be on strike
Engaged in a work stoppage:
Most of the employees were on strike.

5. To lay off
To terminate the
employment of (a
worker).

6. To remove
(intr) formal to change the location
of one's home or place of business:
the publishers have removed to Mayfair.

7. perks
an incidental benefit gained from a
certain type of employment, such as
the use of a company car.

8. benefits
A form of compensation,
such as paid vacation time,
subsidized health insurance,
or a pension, provided to
employees in addition to
wages or salary as part of an
employment arrangement.

9. bonus
something given, paid, or received above
what is due or expected: a Christmas bonus
for all employees.

10. salary
a fixed regular payment made by an
employer, often monthly, for professional or
office work as opposed to manual work.

11. Wage
A regular payment, usually on an hourly,
daily, or weekly basis, made by an empl
oyer to an employee, especially for
manual or unskilled work.

12. apprentice
one bound by indenture to
serve another for a prescribed
period with a view to learning
an art or trade

13. trainee
one that is being trained
especially for a job

14. Head office
the most important office of
an organization or company,
or the people working there

15. department
A division of a business specializing
in a particular product or service

16. boardroom
a room where the board
of directors of a
company meets

17. overtime
Time beyond an established
limit, as:
working hours in addition to
those of a regular schedule.

18. flextime
An arrangement by which employees
may set their own work schedules,
especially their starting and finishing
hours. Also called flexitime.

19. credentials
evidence of entitlement to rights,
privileges, or the like, usually in written
form: No one admitted without credentials.

20. references
A statement about a person's
qualifications, character, and
dependability.

21. application
A request, as for assistance,
employment, or admission
to a school.