People At Work Chapter 24

Question 1

What is employment ?

Answer 1

Employment is work carried out in return for payment.

Question 2

What is an employee ?

Answer 2

An employee is a person who works for others in return for payment.

Question 3

What is an employer ?

Answer 3

An employer is a person who hires people to do work for them in return for payment.

Question 4

Give an example of work

Answer 4

Homework

Question 5

Give an example of employment

Answer 5

An employer gives a person a job

Question 6

Give an example of an employee

Answer 6

Builder

Question 7

What is labour force ?

Answer 7

Labour force consists of all the people who are available for work.

Question 8

What does labour force not include ?

Answer 8

People who are retired.

Those who are still in school, college or on training courses.

Those who did not wish to work outside the home.

Question 9

What are the three main area employed in Ireland is grouped into ?

Answer 9

Agriculture

Industry

Services

Question 10

What is work ?

Answer 10

Work is any activities that requires effort.

Question 11

What is agriculture ?

Answer 11

This sector includes all people employed in farming, forestry , and fishing. Agriculture is the smallest sector for workers.

Question 12

What is industry ?

Answer 12

This sector includes all the people that are employed by firms that manufacture goods as well as those firms involved in building and construction.

Question 13

What is services ?

Answer 13

This sector is the biggest employer in Ireland and includes all those people who work for firms and other organisations providing services to the consumer e.g finance, insurance, communication, transport, administration, teachers and gardaí.

Question 14

What is unemployment ?

Answer 14

Unemployment, Is when people are willing and able to work and unable to find a suitable job.

Question 15

What is the help for unemployment ?

Answer 15

🔵 A regular payment ( Jobseekers benefit ) which is paid to unemployed people by the department of Social Protection.

🔵 Programmes such as FAS are organisations that help the unemployed and give them new skills to get a job.

🔵More benefits are given to the unemployed to help them get a job such as medical cards, food/fuel vouchers and rent supplements to help decrease their daily expenses.

Question 16

What are the reasons for unemployment ?

Answer 16

🔶 Competition between firms means that some businesses have to close down or let some workers go to reduce their costs

🔶 New technology means that many jobs can now be done by machines.

🔶 The economy may be going through a recession, which can lead to fewer goods and services are purchased. As a result some workers are let go.

Question 17

What is redundancy ?

Answer 17

Sometimes firms must let some of their staff go because there is no work for them to do. This may be because there has been a reduction in demand for the firms products or because the firm needs to reduce their costs.

Question 18

What are the rights of the employees ?

Answer 18

To receive a fair wage for the work they do.

To be given safe and healthy work conditions.

To join a trade union if they wish to.

To receive the correct number of days of holidays. To be treated the same as other employees.

Question 19

What are the responsibilities of employees ?

Answer 19

The employees should be honest and trustworthy.

He employee should so a fair days work for the money they receive.

The employee should be on time for work.

The employee should respect the property of the employer and not steal or damage it in any way.

Question 20

What is self employment ?

Answer 20

Self employment is when people work for themselves and become self employed.

Question 21

What are the rewards for being self employed ?

Answer 21

You are your own boss.

You can make all the decisions.

You can choose your own working hours.

You keep all the profits.

You do something you enjoy and are good at.

Question 22

What are the risks of being self employed ?

Answer 22

You must provide all the money needed to start the business.

You could loose the money you invest in the business if things don’t work out.

You might have to work long hours.

You are responsible for all areas of the business.

Question 23

What is the public sector ?

Answer 23

Public sector refers to all those people who are employed by the state.

Question 24

Give examples of the public sector.

Answer 24

Civil servants 
Teachers 
Gardaí 
County council workers 
Politicians 
Doctors that work in hospitals 
Nurses that work in hospitals

Question 25

Give examples of private sector workers.

Answer 25

Engineers 
Carpenters 
Plumbers
Accountants
Solicitors 
Bankers 
Insurance officials

Question 26

What is an organisation structure ?

Answer 26

An organisation structure shows the position of each person in the business from the owners right down to the most junior employees.

Question 27

What is the supervisor ?

Answer 27

The supervisor is the person on the factory floor who is given responsibility to make sure that others are carrying out there job properly.

Question 28

What is the managing director ?

Answer 28

The managing director is the most senior employee in the firm and is in charge of the day-to-day running of the business.

Question 29

What are the types of jobs in a firm ?

Answer 29

Manual
Clerical 
Technical 
Administrative 
Services 
Creative

Question 30

What are the skills of the firm ?

Answer 30

Professionals
Skilled
Semi-skilled
Unskilled