Unit 3.

Employment Law
Nguyen Huy Hoang Nam, LL.M.
 Main Content
• Introduction to Employment Law

• EU Directives on Employment

• Exercises
 Introduction to Employment Law
• Reading 1 – U8
• Read the text for a general understanding

• Examine key terms

• Finish relevant exercises

 KEY TERMS (1)
• Entail (v) = Require = Demand

• Disability (n)
• Employee with serious disabilities

• Employment contract (Indefinite Term vs. Definite Term)

• Construe (v) = Interpret = Understand

 KEY TERMS (2)
• Term (of employment/contract/obligation…)
• Agreed by parties
• Determined by a specific decision/judgement
• Determined by laws

• Genuine (a) = Original

• Offer & Acceptance (Offeror & Offeree)

• Accommodate (v) = help = assist = aid

 KEY TERMS (3)
• Employment tribunal = Labor Court

• Complaint & Denouncement (Denounce – Denouncer)

• Loss = Damage
• Gain-based & Loss-based Compensation

• Collective Bargaining
 KEY TERMS (4)
• Arbitration – Arbitrator – Arbitration Arward

• Strike – Picketing – Lockout

• Employment Contract vs. Service Contract

 EU Directives on Employment
• Reading 2 – U8
• Read the text for a general understanding

• Examine key terms

• Finish relevant exercises

 KEY TERMS (1)
• Directive (n)

• Outlaw (v) = Ban = Prohibit = Forbid

• Sexual Orientation – Gender Identity

• Inter alia = Among other things

• Envisage (v) = Anticipate

 KEY TERMS (2)
• Transposition (n) = Alteration
• Transpose (v)

• Member State(s)

• Enshrine (v) = preserve

• Parental leave – Maternity Leave

• Law-maker(s) = Legislator(s)
 KEY TERMS (3)
• (To) Take off = Remove

• In the pipeline = Being developed

• Hurdle (n) = Obstacle = Barrier

• VBF – VLA (Vietnam)

• Tackle (v) = address