Words in context_The working world

industrialization

automation

agriculture

craft

manual skill

hand tool

agrarian society

mechanization

mass production

economic

to result in sth

distribution

wealth

trade

textiles

goods

to operate a machine

minimum wage

(working) hours

to replace sb/ sth

manufacturing process

automatic device

assembly line

machinery

supervision

delivery time

to react to sth

consumer

needs

to reduce sth

unskilled

semi-skilled

to rationalize

to lay sb off

in turn

unemployment

to retrain

redundant

to employ sb

career

in return

toward (time)

to affect sth

to transform sth

job market

competitive

computer literacy

basic requirement

to promote sth

growth (in sth)

to work part-time

(to be on) maternity leave = paternity

to interact with sb

colleague

benefit

to outweight sth

to switch off

to hand in one's notice

to set up a business

freelancer

salary

rewarding

to rent sth

to collaborate on sth

contract

to downsize

to outsource a task

to rely on sb to do sth

subcontractor

welfare contributions

shortage of skilled workers

perk

to negotiate (with sb)

on behalf of sb

wages

overtime rates

dismissal

severance package

to mediate in a dispute

strike

to put pressure on sb

to lobby sb

to decline

racial origin

ethnic origin

gender

disability

sexual orientation

job advert

to apply (for a job)

subtle

to exclude sb

workforce

customer

supplier

shareholder

working enviroment

campaign

to provide information

to combat sth

to incorporate sth (into sth)

measure

to promote equal opportunities

regardless of sth

to recruit sb

pay rise

promotion

to victimize sb

to make a complaint

to attend a school

to accompany sth/sb

to outline sth