Разговорный бизнес курс. Митрофанова И.В. - 30 стр.

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a sample study — опытное исследование;
a survey — обзор; инспектирование, обследование;
incentive payments scheme — программа выплаты премиальных;
works — завод, фабрика;
Critical Path Analysis (C.P.A.) — анализ критического пути;
to sort the mail — сортировать почту;
diary — дневник, журнал для записи деловых встреч;
rationalisation — рационализация;
standardise — стандартизировать;
streamline — (разг.) отсечь, отказаться от ненужных действий; сократить.
UNIT 7
The Pension Fund Meeting
A pension is money paid to an employee when he retires, leaves on reaching a certain
age. In Britain there is a compulsory scheme in which the employee pays a fixed
amount every week and the employer a larger amount. Then on retirement, the
worker gets his state pension. Nowadays, however, an increasing number of
companies operate their own pension schemes to give their employees more money
to retire on. These schemes are usually governed, or ruled, by a trust deed. The trust
is separate from the company. Trustees are appointed and they hold meetings
regularly to approve money for pensions, examine the fund accounts and so on. Every
employee working for Harper & Grant, for example, pays a certain amount of his
wages into the fund. This money is invested to increase its value, and after a certain
period of employment the employee qualifies for a pension.
As a result of the productivity drive, Mr. Grant wants to close down unprofitable
departments. Nearly all the redundant workers have been absorbed into other
departments, but there is one. Bob Hardiman, who, Mr. Grant says, will have to go.
He is a craftsman in the old style, that is, he is a carpenter able to do fine hand
carving, which is now hardly ever required. Ian Hampden, the Personnel Manager,
thinks that Mr. Grant is wrong to get rid of someone who has been with the firm so
many years. He tries to make Mr. Grant change his mind. Mr. Grant, how ever, is
determined on his new plans to streamline the company, and make it more profitable
and competitive, tan goes to see Peter to find out if he can suggest a way of
persuading Mr. Grant to see reason.
The pension fund meeting is due to be held shortly, and Bob Hardiman's pension will
have to be approved. Peter remembers that a few years ago Bob Hardiman had to
leave the company to look after his father, who had become an invalid- When his
father died. Bob Hardiman rejoined the company. Peter realises at once that
according to the articles of the trust, if an employee leaves the firm for a time he must
then work a certain number of years in order to qualify for the full pension. Bob
Hardiman has not yet completed this time. He has, in fact, three more years to go. If

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