This core vocabulary reference sheet provides key words and phrases used in legal settings when practicing

law. This vocabulary can be used in English for specific purposes classes as a starting point for including vocabulary study relating to anything related law and practicing legal services. Teachers are often not equipped with the exact English terminology required in very specific trade sectors. For this reason, core vocabulary sheets go a long way in helping teachers provide adequate materials for students with English for Specific Purposes needs. to abandon an action according to law arbitration arbitration clause assessment of damage assignment attorney - proxy holder authenticate to award a contract bankruptcy bankruptcy petition to be in force bilateral agreement binding breach of contract to break an agreement to break the law cancellation date certificate to certify to cheat - to swindle code come into force come to terms competent court lease contract legal action - lawsuit legal adviser legal assistance legal charges - legal fees legal department legal domicile legal proceedings - legal action legal representative lessee - tenant letter of intents liability in contract (GB) - to dishonor (US) to have full legal powers to dispute to honour (GB) - to honor to draw up a contract (US) effective date illegal - unlawful to endorse - to back illegally to enforce a law implement an agreement exclusion clause - exemption in case of controversy clause in force fair rent in good faith to file documents indictment fine industrial property first mortgage to infringe fixed term contract injunction fraud - swindle insolvent gentlemen's agreement invalidate to give due notice jointly and severally guarantee deposit judge patent office judgement patent pending jurisprudence per procurationem - by proxy justice power of attorney - proxy lack of evidence prescription to lapse - to be statuteprincipal barred procedure lapsed protest law courts proxy lawyer (GB) - attorney public officer (US) to put on record - to take minutes to lease - to rent - to let separate signature quittance - aquittance to settle a dispute to refund - to pay back to sign a receipt register a trademark signature by proxy registered specimen signature registration charges - registration subcontractor fees sublease - sublet to rent - lease - hire to sublease - to sublet resolution to sue responsibility - liability summon witnesses

licensee lien creditor limitation period magistrate - judge mortgage notary public notice to notify omission partial agreement to patent patent patent holder

revenue stamp to revoke rights on industrial patent royalties rule - regulation second mortgage

to take legal action to take someone to court tax fraud tenant tenderer the regulations in force third-party guarantee third mortgage trial venue unpatented upon notice verbal agreement verdict witness written agreement

This core vocabulary reference sheet provides key words and phrases for human resources and personnel departments. This vocabulary can be used in English for specific purposes classes as a starting point for including vocabulary study relating to anything related to working in human resources. Teachers are often not equipped with the exact English terminology required in very specific trade sectors. For this reason, core vocabulary sheets go a long way in helping teachers provide adequate materials for students with English for Specific Purposes needs. absentee absenteeism absenteeism rate accident at work - industrial injury applicant - candidate application form to apply for a job to appoint a person apprenticeship aptitude test to ask for a rise assessment of applicants assistant back pay bargaining power basic salary to be dismissed - to be fired to be laid off to be on probation - to be on trial to be on strike dismissal dismissal for cause dismissal without notice early retirement employer employment agency employment card - working papers employment contract - labour contract employment for a trial period employment office employment rate executive cadres executive personnel exit permit experienced person family allowances to fill a vacancy freelance full-time employment full employment internal regulations to interview irregular work discontinuous work job - employment job application job description job evaluation job satisfaction job security job sharing junior clerk - junior employee labor costs labor disputes labor force - manpower labor market labor mobility labor relations - trade-union relations labor retraining labor supply

to be out of work business hours - office hours Christmas bonus clerical work - office work company bargaining company negotiation compensation for permanent disability concealed work moonlighting contractual situation cost of living allowance credentials day shift direct labour disability pension disciplinary measure disciplinary sanction to dismiss - to fire overtime pay overtime work part-time part-time job partial disability pay pay formula - retribution diagram pay increase for merit payroll - payroll ledger payslip pension pension fund period of notice permanent disability permanent job - steady job permanent staff personnel - staff personnel department personnel requirements planner prevention production bonus professional qualifications professional training programmer public holiday (GB) - national

full time learning by doing - learning general strike by practice to go on strike leave gross wages and salaries letter of appointment have an accident at work lock-out health care management training higher education - advanced managing director education middle management to hold a position minimum rate of pay holiday (GB) - vacation (US) motivation human relations - human night shift relationships occupation - employment independent unions office hours index-linked wages office manager indirect labour office staff - office industrial relations (GB) personnel labor relations (US) on the job training industrial tribunal - labour outsourcing court to train retirement training retirement age training period right to strike trial period to risk indemnity under contract role clash underemployed salaried workers - employees unemployment salary unemployment benefits salary range - wage band union dues - union seasonal employment subscription seasonal workers union officer - trade secondary job unionist to secure employment unjustified dismissal to select candidates unpaid leave senior clerk - senior employee unskilled labour unskilled worker severance pay - dismissal pay vacancy - vacant position short-term employment wage-cost spiral sick leave wage-earning workers skilled labour wage-packet (GB) - pay skilled work envelope (US) skilled workers wage bargaining - pay social costs negotiations social insurance - national wage ceiling insurance wage claims social security wage dynamics sole director wage freeze staff costs - personnel costs wage indexation scale

holiday (US) to strike purchasing manager striker re-employment to take measures redundancy payment to take one's holidays refresher course temporary disability relationship management temporary staff remuneration the job is still vacant resign (chairman) - to give top manager notice (employee) total disability resignation (chairman) - notice trade-union (GB) - labor (employee) union (US) to retire

wage pressures welfare contributions to work at home work overtime work sheet worker - blue-collar worker working day working hour workload workplace workshift