- •Try to guess the meaning of the following idioms. Match the idioms on the left with Ukrainian equivalents on the right.
- •Section b Reading and speaking
- •Try to find the Ukrainian equivalents to the English proverbs.
- •Reading tasks:
- •Labor and employment in Ukraine
- •Comprehension check
- •You are going to apply for a job to the Invest-Service. You are to write and send your resume to this company. Before writing your resume, read the text and study the rule how to compose a cv.
- •To apply for a vacancy to the Invest-Service company you must send along with your resume a cover letter. Before writing a cover letter read recommendations how to write it.
- •Section c
- •Vocabulary
- •List a contains some basic terms in the field of Employment Law. Choose a term to fit each definition in list b.
- •Match a word in a with its synonym in b.
- •The following sentences all come from the text. Fill in the missing prepositions: upon, under, of, by, for, to, in.
- •Match word combinations in Line a with their English equivalents in Line b
- •Brainstorming
- •Translate the sentences into English using the word combinations given in Ex.14
- •Section d Listening
- •16. You are going to hear the text “Social guarantees under the Constitution and the Labor Code of Ukraine”
- •Section e Skimming reading
- •17. Read through the new words and try to memorize them.
- •The text given below deals with dismissal of employees. Skim through the text quickly and in the second column write the number of the paragraphs, which concern the main topics of the text.
- •Redundant Employees
- •Answer the following question:
- •Scanning reading
- •Scan the text and find information about:
- •Permits for employment for foreigners
- •Read the text and choose (from the list given below) the word which best fits each space.
- •Choose the correct word. Fill in the following gaps.
- •Discuss the following statement. Do you agree to it or not? Express your vision of this problem.
- •Section b Reading and speaking
- •2. What is the difference between personal property and real property?
- •3. Which of these is considered real property?
- •Real property in Ukraine
- •4. Comprehension check
- •5 Use all the information you have learnt in this Unit so far to describe the real property in Ukraine.
- •6 Work in pairs. Take turns to describe some of the facts, give your reasons of the real property in Ukraine. Section c Language study
- •7 Match key terms in column a with their definitions in column b.
- •8 Complete this table.
- •9 Decide which of the nouns in the box collocate with the adjectives listed below. Some of the nouns go with more than one adjective.
- •10 Match the terms in column a with their Ukrainian equivalent in column b
- •11 Match the sentence halves to complete these definitions.
- •Instruments
- •12 With a partner, take turns making sentences that combine the people and the instruments.
- •13 Fill in the missing prepositions. Each is used more than once.
- •14 The following advertisement of the law firm introduces the activities in the area of real estate in Ukraine. Complete the text by using the words in the box below.
- •Section d Listening
- •16 Property-law presentation
- •Scanning reading
- •18. Scan the text “Real Estate in Ukraine” and find out information concerning:
- •Real Estate in Ukraine
- •Section f Test
- •27 Property rights are rights over things enforceable against all _____ persons.
Answer the following question:
Is it possible to transfer an employee to another job or position without his or her consent?
Can the employer dismiss the employee if he refuses to accept the new position in case of reorganization of a company?
What is deadline for payment to a dismissed employee?
What are the necessary actions of an employer regarding an employee in case of staff reduction?
Could you name the persons who have preferential rights to continue their work in case of staff reduction?
Scanning reading
Scan the text and find information about:
documents which are necessary for foreigners to receive a work permit
a process of getting a work permit by foreigners
persons who do not need a work permit to work legally in Ukraine
Permits for employment for foreigners
Ukrainian foreign nationals have the same employment and labor rights as Ukrainian citizens, unless otherwise provided by Ukrainian law or international agreements. However, Ukrainian law restricts employment in certain positions to Ukrainian citizens.
Foreign citizens immigrating to Ukraine to work for a definite period must receive an employment permit. An employment permit may be issued to a foreign national if there are no Ukrainian nationals in the region (or, in certain cases, in the entire country) capable of performing the work or there are sufficient grounds for using foreign labor.
A Work permit is made and issued by the State Centre of Employment at the Ministry of Ukraine for Labour, or under its instructions, by the corresponding Employment Centres of the Autonomic Republic of Crimea, regions, Kiev city and Sevastopol city.
To receive a permit, the employer submits to the corresponding Employment Centre the following documents:
application (in free form);
grounds for the necessity of employing foreigner(s) and the ability to establish for him(them) the necessary conditions;
notarized copies of the Statute of the company and its Certificate of State Registration;
list of foreigners with full name, sex, date of birth, passport number and job title;
copy of the draft of the labour agreement between said employer and said foreign employee(s);
act (Order, Protocol, Power of Attorney) authorizing a representative of the employer to represent its interests at the employment centre;
copies of documents on education and qualification of said foreign employee(s);
extract from the State Tax Authority confirming due payment by employer of taxes and duties;
receipt confirming payment of fees for the application amounting to 10 nontaxable minimum salaries (170 UAH ).
Upon submission, the Centre considers the said documents and issues a decision whether to allow or refuse an issue of the work permit within 30 working days.
The permit is valid for the term mentioned therein but not usually for longer than a year. Upon expiry, the permit may be extended for a further one year. To receive such an extension, the employer resubmits the above mentioned documents not later than one month before the expiration of the period of validity of the work permit.
The work permit is cancelled if the labour agreement between employer and foreigner is terminated beforehand or where some incorrect or false information was submitted in order to receive the work permit or the foreigner is deemed to be undesirable for a stay in Ukraine.
The following categories of foreigners do not need a work permit to work legally in Ukraine:
persons being permanent residents and in possession of a special permit;
persons with refugee status;
persons working on projects connected with the exploration for and production of mineral resources under concession agreements;
persons working in Ukraine under international treaties (e.g. the Treaty between the governments of Ukraine and the USA for humanitarian and technical and economical assistance. Article 2 of tie Treaty gives to foreigners the status of administrative and technical personnel under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Article 47 of which exempts administrative and technical personnel of diplomatic and consulate institutions from any work permit requirement);
persons working in not-for-profit and charitable organisations;
representatives of foreign mass media;
executive directors of duly registered representative offices;
actors and actresses, as well as other "artistic employees" working in Ukraine under their specialty;
employees of foreign emergency relief services performing urgent works in Ukraine;
representatives of foreign sea (river) fleets;
service and technical staff of foreign airline companies.
Section F
Test
(Time limit: 45 minutes)