WORDS CONNECTED WITH THE WORLD OF WORK

You do this when you formally state that you are

leaving a job permanently.

• resign

• retire

• bonus

• salary

You do this when you stop working because you

are officially too old to work.

• resing

• retire

• salary

• on strike

This is the fixed amount of money you get paid

monthly or yearly.

• resing

• bonus

• salary

• tip

This is a small amount of money you get for

providing good service.

• tip

• wage

• salary

• bonus

This is an extra payment some companies make,

for example, at Christmas.

• salary

• tip

• wage

• bonus

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• tip

• bonus

• wage

• salary

You are this when you stop working to protest

about pay or conditions in the workplace.

• on strike

• on maternity/paternity leave

• off sick

• unemployed

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• off sick

• on strike

• on maternity/paternity leave

• unemployed

You are this when you are away from work after

the birth of a child.

• on maternity/paternity leave

• unemployed

• off sick

• retired

You are this when you don’t go to work because

you are ill.

• resing

• on strike

• at the hospital

• off sick