Legal English 2 - Collocations (1)

employment tribunal

Arbeitsgericht

job description

Aufgabenbeschreibung eines Jobs

marital status

Familienstand

counter-offer

Gegenangebot

non-competition clause

Konkurrenzverbotsklausel

notice period

Kündigungsfrist

sick pay

Lohnfortzahlung im Krankheitsfall

job title

Stellenbezeichnung

contract formation

Vertragsabschluss

breach of conctract

Vertragsbruch

severability clause

a clause in a contract stating that if some party of the contract cannot be fulfilled, the rest will still remain in force

entire agreement

a clause in a contract stating that this contract is the complete and final agreement between de parties

unfair dismissal

a situation when sb is illegally removed from their job

constructive dismissal

a situiation wheen a worker sees no alternative but to resign because working conditions have become unacceptable.

injured party

geschädigte Partei

oral contract

mündlicher Vertrag

cost of litigation

the money spent on a lawsuit

redundancy dismissal

Jemanden entlassen, da keine Arbeit für jene Person da ist.

probationary period

Probezeit

essential terms

the most important conditions that the parties to a contract have agreed to

breaching party

the party to a contract that has failed to perform the terms of the contract

non-breaching party

the party to a contract that has suffered a breach by the other party

collective bargaining

the system in which employees talk as a group with their employers to try to agree on matters such as pay and working conditions