Across
- 5. someone doing the same job in a different location
- 11. self-employed and hired to work for different companies on particular assignments
- 12. action taken by employees of a company as a protest, especially striking or working to rule
- 17. system for rapid training and promotion of talented staff
- 19. unusual hours that cause one to work when other people are spending time together
- 21. the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone
- 22. time worked in addition to one's normal working hours
- 24. (of a person) no longer employed because there is no more work available
- 25. anything that takes very little training, skill, or talent
- 26. a natural ability to do something
Down
- 1. the act of telling your employer that you are leaving your job
- 2. stop working, usually at the end of a day
- 3. a violation of the rules or boundaries set by the governing body of a profession
- 4. manage to see someone or do something when you are very busy and do not have much time available
- 6. a period of absence from work granted to a mother before and after the birth of her child
- 7. be successful in one's job
- 8. the people engaged in or available for work, either in a country or area or in a particular firm or industry
- 9. dismiss from employment (informal)
- 10. the ability to do something well
- 13. money paid for work or a service
- 14. a day taken as sick leave when one is not actually ill
- 15. start to do something different from what you usually do
- 16. people employed in an organization or engaged in an organized undertaking such as military service
- 18. a letter from a previous employer testifying to someone's ability or reliability, used when applying for a new job
- 20. workers that are paid very little and work in very bad conditions
- 23. a short journey undertaken in order to deliver or collect something, especially on someone else's behalf
