题目

The contract of employment is the agreement made between the employer and the employee. This could be a written agreement or in an oral form. In addition, the contract will also include "custom and practice" agreements. These are how things are usually done in the workplace, for example, if the employer always gives the employees a day’s holiday in August. Even though this is not mentioned in the written contract, this will form part of the contract as it is the usual practice. A trade union may have negotiated(谈判达成)an agreement with an employer about conditions at work. The negotiated agreement will often form part of a contract.Some contracts will be illegal if: the employee gets all or part of their wages in cash; tax and national insurance contributions(国民保险税)are not paid; and the employee knows they are getting paid in this way to avoid paying national insurance and tax.According to the first paragraph, a contract of employment ______. A. must be a written oneB. could be in an oral formC. should be signed by a trade unionD. ought to be a workplace agreement

The contract of employment is the agreement made between the employer and the employee. This could be a written agreement or in an oral form. In addition, the contract will also include "custom and practice" agreements. These are how things are usually done in the workplace, for example, if the employer always gives the employees a day’s holiday in August. Even though this is not mentioned in the written contract, this will form part of the contract as it is the usual practice. A trade union may have negotiated(谈判达成)an agreement with an employer about conditions at work. The negotiated agreement will often form part of a contract.Some contracts will be illegal if: the employee gets all or part of their wages in cash; tax and national insurance contributions(国民保险税)are not paid; and the employee knows they are getting paid in this way to avoid paying national insurance and tax.According to the first paragraph, a contract of employment ______.
  • A. must be a written one
  • B. could be in an oral form
  • C. should be signed by a trade union
  • D. ought to be a workplace agreement

题目解答

答案

B

解析

根据文章第一段，雇佣合同是雇主和雇员之间的协议。这种协议可以是书面形式，也可以是口头形式。此外，合同还包括“惯例”协议，即工作场所通常的做法。例如，如果雇主总是给员工在八月放一天假，即使这在书面合同中没有提到，它也会成为合同的一部分，因为这是通常的做法。工会可能与雇主就工作条件达成协议，这些协议通常会成为合同的一部分。因此，雇佣合同可以是书面形式，也可以是口头形式。