People and workplaces

Question 1

pracownicy umysłowi

Answer 1

white-collar workers

Question 2

pracownicy fizyczni

Answer 2

manual/blue-collar workers

Question 3

nadzorca, kierownik, przełożony

Answer 3

supervisor

Question 4

lista płac

Answer 4

payroll

Question 5

siła robocza

Answer 5

labour, workforce, work-force, work force

Question 6

the management

Answer 6

leading and organizing a company

Question 7

główne biuro

Answer 7

head office, headquarters HQ - most senior managers

Question 8

biura bez ścianek działowych

Answer 8

open-place offices (large areas where many people work together)

Question 9

administration

Answer 9

the everyday work supporting a company’s activities

Question 10

personel administracji

Answer 10

administrative staff

Question 11

pracownicy obsługi technicznej

Answer 11

support staff

Question 12

dział obsługi technicznej

Answer 12

technical support

Question 13

trade unions (BRE) / labor unions (ame)

Answer 13

organisations defending the interests of workers

Question 14

akcja protestacyjna

Answer 14

(take) industrial action

Question 15

types of industrial action

Answer 15

1. a strike, stoppage or walk-out
2. a go-slow
3. an overtime ban

Question 16

stoppage

Answer 16

strajk, wstrzymanie

Question 17

walk-out

Answer 17

strajk, opuszczenie sali na znak protestu

Question 18

strajk włoski

Answer 18

a go-slow

Question 19

a strike, stoppage, walk-out (Def)

Answer 19

workers stop working for a time

Question 20

a go-slow (Def)

Answer 20

workers continue to work, but more slowly than usual

Question 21

an overtime-ban (Def)

Answer 21

workers refuse to work more than the normal number of hours

Question 22

związki zawodowe

Answer 22

trade unions / labor unions

Question 23

zasoby ludzkie

Answer 23

human resources

Question 24

HRD

Answer 24

a human resources department (it deals with pay, recruitment)

Question 25

HRM

Answer 25

human resources management

Question 26

another name for HR department

Answer 26

personnel department