Business Partner A2+ unit 4.1

work patterns

the different ways people's hours of work can be organised

permanent job

steady job, for a long time

temporary job

work for a limited period of time

full-time job

Working at least 40 hours a week

part-time job

a job done for only part of the time

working day

the time during the day that people spend doing the job

working lives

the part of their lives when people have a paid job

flexible hours

when someone can choose when they start and finish work each day,week, month

fixed schedule

timetable that cannot be changed

staff

all the people who work for an organisation

employer

a person, company, or organization that employs people

intern

a student who works for a short time in a job to get experience

unemployed

someone without a job

self-employed

working for yourself

retired

stop working because you are old

employee

worker

shifts (work the day shift / wotk the night shift / work split shifts)

one of the periods of work during day or night (e.g in hospital)