1. English for social workers I session 9
Miljen Matijašević
Office: G10, room 6 (1st floor)
Tue, 11:30-12:30

2. Today’s session Revision of the last session EMPLOYMENT
Legal Regulation of Employment
Equal Opportunities
Employment Dispute Resolution

3. Revision of the last session
Education

4. Revision Discuss the following terms: grade to graduate (US)
optional (elective) subjects
college vs. university
advanced professional degree
major
ECTS
joint degree

5. Revision Discuss the following terms: grammar school vocational school
public school (UK)
polytechnic
higher education
tuition
GSCE
sixth form (UK)

6. Legal Regulation of Employment

7. Employment The Right to Work
UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights
it is the right of every human to work and they should not be prevented from it
also provided for in the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia
Think of all possible reasons why it is important to work!

8. Employment
What kinds of dangers could employees be exposed to in an employment relationship?
What about the dangers and difficulties encountered in seeking employment?
What forms of employment can you think of?

9. Employment full-time work part-time work occasional work
permanent contract
fixed-term contract
dependent labour (working for an employer)
independent labour (being self-employed)

10. Legal regulation of employment
employment relationship:
employer
employee
an imbalance of bargaining power
the ‘weaker’ party
needs more legal protection

11. Legal regulation of employment
legal protection of employees (a hierarchy)
international documents
the Constitution
employment-related laws
collective agreements
employment contract

12. Legal regulation of employment
Some typical employee rights:
minimum wage
equal pay for like work
non-discrimination
right to paid sick and parental leave (sick and parental pay)
right to be represented by a trade union
a cap on working hours
holiday entitlement
notice period

13. Termination of employment
expiration of a fixed-term contract
by mutual agreement
by frustration
by death of employer
by dissolution of employer
due to dissatisfaction or misconduct
termination by employer: DISMISSAL
termination by employee: RESIGNATION

14. Termination of employment
DISMISSAL
redundancy (to be made redundant)
surplus of workers
may be subject to redundancy pay (otpremnina)
summary dismissal
in the event of gross misconduct
notice period not observed

15. Translate into English
Svaki zaposlenik ima pravo na bolovanje za vrijeme kojeg prima naknadu za bolovanje.
Mark je zloupotrijebio povlaštene informacije koje je dobio od poslodavca te je dobio izvanredni otkaz zbog teške povrede radne obveze.
Ugovorom je propisano radno vrijeme i otkazni rok koji ne odgovaraju zakonskim odredbama.
Iako je imao ugovor na određeno vrijeme, Ian je dobio poslovno uvjetovani otkaz (kao „tehnološki višak“).

16. Equal opportunities

17. Anti-discrimination laws
it is illegal to discriminate on the basis of a protected characteristic (English law):
age
disability
marriage and civil partnership
race or ethnicity
religion or belief
sex
sexual orientation
gender reassignment

18. Types of discrimination
direct discrimination
indirect discrimination
perceptive discrimination
associative discrimination
victimisation
harassment

19. Types of discrimination
DIRECT DISCRIMINATION
occurs when someone is treated less favourably than another person because of a protected characteristic
INDIRECT DISCRIMINATION
can occur when a condition, rule, policy or even a practice in an organisation applying to everyone puts people who share a protected characteristic at a particular disadvantage

20. Types of discrimination
ASSOCIATIVE DISCRIMINATION
direct discrimination against someone because they associate with another person who possesses a protected characteristic
PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION
direct discrimination against an individual because he or she is thought to possess a particular protected characteristic, but does not in fact possess it

21. Types of discrimination
HARASSMENT
unwanted conduct related to a relevant protected characteristic, which has the purpose or effect of violating an individual's dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for that individual 
VICTIMISATION
suffering harassment or other forms of bad treatment as a consequence of filing a grievance or a lawsuit against the employer

22. Identify types of discrimination
A. Adrian's wife is an immigrant from the Middle East. He works in a small company, employing a dozen employees. The colleagues in his office hardly ever speak to him and he is never invited to join them for lunch breaks or after-work drinks. He is the only employee who was not invited to the company Christmas party.
B. George is short and fair skinned, and looks much younger than his age. He is 35 but most people don't think him a day over 25. When an opportunity arises for him to represent the company at a meeting with some high-ranking potential partners, his supervisor refuses to give him the task because he is worried he wouldn't be taken seriously.
C. Ian has filed a grievance with his supervisor because he believes he is not given the same opportunities for advancement as his colleagues because he is gay. Ever since he filed the grievance his supervisor has been giving him overwhelming amounts of work to be completed by unreasonably tight deadlines.
D. Maria is the only employee in her department who has not been promoted in the last seven years despite her outstanding work record. All the other employees who have been promoted are men.
E. Jane is denied the opportunity for advancement because she has a disabled son and her superiors are worried that she might not put her best foot forward in the new job considering that taking care of her son requires a lot of effort and time.
F. A driver’s licence is listed as a job requirement in the advertisement. The job description does not mention driving as an activity the incumbent is supposed to carry out as part of the job.

23. Fighting Discrimination
EU anti-discrimination laws in force since 2000
Diversity is one of the key European values
Only 1/3 of Europeans are aware that the law protects them against discrimination

24. Gender Equality in Employment
READ THE TEXT ON p. 16 in your coursebook

25. People with disabilities
Represent around 1/6 of the working age population in the EU
Unemployment almost double compared to non-disabled people
Have equal rights as non-disabled people, which include:
dignity
equal treatment
independent living
full participation in society. 

26. Discussion
Do you think that gender inequality is a problem in Croatia?
How do you explain the fact that there are fewer women in decision-making positions?
Have you ever been a victim of or witness to discrimination? What was the basis?

27. Gender Equality in Employment
Do the exercises on p. 17 in the coursebook

28. Thank you for your attention!