Terms and Conditions of Employment
These terms and conditions should be read before you sign you sign your contract.
Salary: Your starting salary is: $15,000. This is reviewed annually.
Hours: The normal hours of work are eight hours a day, Monday through Friday. You will start work on Feb. 21,2008. On the first morning, report to your line manager John knight.
Health and safety: Please read the safety regulations attached. If you have any questions, contact the health and safety officer, whose name is at the top of the regulation sheet. If you have health problems, please inform the Senior Nurse, Chris Thomas. If you cannot work because of illness, please telephone the factory.
Annual leave: During your first year of employment you are allowed twenty days’ leave. This should be arranged with your line manager.
Overtime: If you work more than forty hours a week, you will be paid at the current overtime rate. Y
A. is paid weekly
B. is adjusted every quarter
C. is re-examined from year to year
D. is fixed for the whole contract period
Lifetime Employment In Japanese Companies
In most large Japanese companies, there is a policy of lifetime employment. What this means is that when people leave school or university to join an enterprise, they can expect to remain with that organization until they retire. In effect, the employee gets job security for life, and can only be fired for serious mistakes in work. Even in times of business recession, he or she is free from the fear of being laid off.
One result of this practice is that the Japanese worker identifies closely with his company and feels strong loyalty to it. By working hard for the company, he believes he is safeguarding his own future. It is not surprising that devotion to one’s company is considered a great virtue in Japan. A man is often prepared to put his firm’s interests before those of his immediate family.
The job security guaranteed by this system influences the way employees approach their work. They tend
A. how lifetime employment works in Japan.
B. what benefits lifetime employment has brought to Japanese workers,
C. what lifetime employment is.
D. how lifetime employment is viewed.
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