Some aspectes of labour law

      The existing lab our codes _______________ conditions of work, individual employment relations, wages and _______________as well as health, safety and welfare. The conditions of work include such vital elements as working hours, vacations and ______________. Besides, the activities and rights of trade unions are also regulated by _____________________. The latter also covers the issues of making, modeling and terminating individual employment relations. Historically speaking, this kind of law used to be described as the law of master and servant nowadays there are lawyers who can defend an employee from any abuse on the part of his or her boss.

 

      It should be noted that unlike common-law countries, the civil-law ones attach more importance to the individual contract of employment.

 

      Generally speaking, modern managers known well enough that due to the technological progress such matters as occupational health and accident prevention have become the categories of labor law.

 

      Therefore, legal regulations are no longer limited to a few especially risky occupations for example, mining, but they cover radiation, dangerous machinery, vibration and some other___________.

 

     As to the substantive law on wages and remuneration, it incorporates such elements as forms and methods of payment, the protection of wages against unlawful deductions and other abuses. Thus, there are legal requirements concerning the forms of wages and methods of wage payment. In their turn these are linked with the proper notification of wage conditions and other_____________.

 

 3. Mark these statements T(true) of F(false) according to the text

£4m Art Theft

     One of the largest art thefts in America has been resolved, with 14 of the 28 stolen paintings recovered. No arrests have been made, however, because one of the thieves has died and the rest have been jailed for other crimes.

 

     The woks, thought to be worth as much as $8 million (£ 4.1 million), were stolenin 1988 from Colnaghi in Manhattan, sister to the Bond Street gallery in London. In a night raid, the thieves swung on ropes between two buildings and entered a skylight which did not have an alarm.

     The police said the thieves became frightened when they learned of the haul's real value in newspaper and television reports. They pawned some of the works for $ 50,000 and the country.

 

  1. The works, thought to be worth as much as $ 4.1 million were stolen in Manhattan/
  2. In a night raid the thieves swung on ropes between two buildings.
  3. A policeman entered a skylight which did not have an alarm-clock.
  4. The police said the thieves became excited when they learned of the real value in newspaper and television reports.
  5. They pawned some of the works and fled the country.

Match the following English words and expressions with their Ukrainian equivalents

1 Welfare of children   a) кримінальний злочин
2 loan   b) особа яка понесла збитки
3 aggrieved person   c) винагорода за зусилля
4 to be infringed   d) торгова марка
5 Criminal offence   e) позика
6 terms   f) добробут дітей
7 trade mark   g) бути порушеним

 8 reward for the efforts                                                                   h) умови

 

Multtiple choice: Choose the right variant

  1. A famous name may not be used by anyone else if it has been registered world trademark must not be ____________

a) Hijacked               b) appeared         c) directed             d) infringed

    

2. The technical name in English law for legal disputes that go to court is_____________

       a) Legal match        b) court scene     c) attack                 d) litigation

 

3.The factory near my house makes fashion clothing under________________

       a) license                 b) invention        c) claimant             d) citation

  4. A_________________is the owner of business such as a shop or restraint.

        a) private                b) peer                 c) proprietor          d) parson

  5. The contract states the licensee is not allowed to_____________ or change anything

       a) swap                    b) intervene          c) appendix           d) abridge

 

6. Give written definitions of the following terms as you remember and understand them:

   -Void contract

   - Intoxication

   - Defence of entrapment

   - Warrant

 

 

Укладач    __________________ Н.В. Коротка

Розглянуто та затверджено на засіданні кафедр іноземних мов за професійним спрямуванням

Протокол № _______ від «_____» _________________20_____р

Завідувач кафедри ______________________________ С.П. Корешкова

Державний університет інфраструктури і технологій

Кафедра іноземних мов за професійним спрямуванням

                                  Модульна контрольна робота № 2

З дисципліни «Англійська мова»

Для студентів 5 курсу

 спеціальність „Правозавство”

Денна форма навчання

 

XIII variant

 

Complete the sentences about yourself

Name, surname­­­_________________________________

Group___________________________________

 

2. Use an appropriate word or word-combinations from the box to complete the text

Matter right, enforcing rights, treaty, disregard the rights, came info force, convention

BILLS OF RIGHTS

          The are several which one can try to ensure that the rights of citizens listed in a bill of rights are respected. One of by_______________. The earliest bill of rights was an English statute of 1689. Since in England (now Britain) the legislature is sovereign. It has the legal power to ____________________ listed in the bill, such as the right to free speech in Parliament. But in practice the legislature and government have respected these rights.

 

        Anither wav of ____________________ is through an international treaty. A state may agree to a ________________ that gives citizens certain rights and sets up a court to judge whether they have been respected by the government of the state, its legislature or its judges. This is what happened with the European Convention Human Rights, which __________________ in 1953. For instance, the European Convention gives a person charged with a crime the right to a fair trial.

Anyone who objects that he has not had a fair trial in, say, Britain can complain to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. If the court thinks that he has not been fairly tried, the state in which the trial has taken place has a duty to put the __________________, if necessary by changing the law.


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