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Barcelona supermarket fires employee for working too much

A branch of Lidl in Barcelona fired one of its employees of 12 years for working too much. He turned up early for shifts to get the store in good shape.  

According to El Pais, the worker named as "Jean P" arrived at work an hour early and started to "prepare the shop before it opened". His termination notice for "very serious labour rule violation" said that without signing in to work, Jean had "made orders, changed prices or replenished entire pallets of items".

The company also said it received complaints from other employees that he suggested they should also turn up early.

 The Catalan branch of the German supermarket noticed from security camera footage  in April of this year, the worker turned up at the store at 5am and spent "between 49 and 87 minutes" working without being signed in. As a consequence he was breaking the grocer's strict rules of paying employees for every minute worked and making sure hours are properly logged.


 The  supermarket worker has taken his former employer to court arguing that his dismissal is unfair and he should be given the job back. Jean P argued that he did not ask other workers to turn up early. He said that he was never told that turning up early wasn’t permitted, and he only did so because the store had recently been reorganized and extra time was required to get the shop floor ready.

 https://www.thelocal.es/20171026/barcelona-supermarket-fires-employee-for-working-too-much

Comprehension. 

1. What kind of company is Lidl.? Do you know it? Have you ever shopped there?

2. Do you believe work should be regulated? Why?

3. Do you think Jean P was doing the correct thing by turning up every day early to work? How could this attitude affect the other workers? How may it make them feel?

4. Do you think the punishment was fair?



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Do you know what is small talk?  Do you know what are question tags?

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SMALL TALK. Dialogues.

What do they do?

 First day at work conversation

 

LISTENING COMPREHENSION. TALKING ABOUT JOBS. 

Job Likes and Dislikes Quiz

1. The first thing he does is go to the common room.
2. He cleans the rooms when they are empty.
3. He always helps out in the canteen.
4. He usually washes the stairs.
5. He finishes in the afternoon.
6. He likes the routine nature of his job.
7. He feels that it is degrading picking up cigarette butts.
8. He is a millionaire.
9. He likes the flexibility of his job.
10. He enjoys the company of the students.
11. He learns a lot on his job about other cultures.
12. What is the name of his job?

VOCABULARY.



1. English words for office stationary. 


 Picture quiz.

3. English words for office furniture.  

  Picture quiz. Furniture. 

4. English words for office equipment. 

   Office equipment quiz. 

5. At the office. Puzzle. 

6. English words for meetings and presentations. 

7. Meetings. Quiz. 

8. Attending meeting. Puzzle. 


READING COMPREHENSION. MY OFFICE.