生活英語情景口語:薪資與福利

P: have you finished going through the contract?
K: yes, but I have a few questions for you.
P: Ok. Ask away.
K: first, I’d like to know if you offer employees sick leave.
P: yes, employees can take up to 10 days of sick leave per year. However, in order to get paid, you’ll have to bring in a note from the doctor’s.
K: even if I’m only sick for one day?
P: that’s correct.
K: that’s pretty strict, if you ask me.
P: well, we’ve had to add that to the contract because we found that many of our employees were taking almost one sick day a monty, even though they weren’t sick.
K: I see. I guess that makes sense.
P: do you have any other questions?
K: yes. Maternity leave is mentioned in the contract, but there’s nothing in the contract alout paternity leave. Do you offer anything to fathers?
P: we do actually. We can add that as an amendment to your contract.
K: how many days of paternity leave do you offer?
P: men are allowed to take 10 days of paternity leave for their first child.
K: why are women allowed so much more time for materniry leave?
P: qwll, women are the ones giving birth. I think it’s fair to give them more time, don’t you?
K: I guess so. I don’t have any other questions. Should I sign here then?
P: yes, please.


你看完合同了嗎?
看完了,不過我有幾個問題要問你.
好,問吧.
首先我想知道你們這裏有沒有爲員工提供病假?
有,員工每年有10天病假.不過,如果不想扣工資的話最好交醫生開的假條.
即使我只生病一天也要開嗎?
沒錯.
如果你問我意見的話,我覺得這條規定太苛刻了.
嗯,我們必須把這一條寫進合同,因爲以前我們這兒很多員工即使沒病,也幾乎每月都要休一次病假.
我懂了.你們這樣做確實有道理.
你還有其它什麼問題嗎?
有.合同裏涉及了產假,可是沒有提到父親假.公司沒有爲新父親們提供假期?
有的.我們可以把這一條作爲補充條款寫進你的合同.
那公司能給幾天的父親假呢?
頭一胎的話,男性員工有10天假期.
爲什麼女性的產假比男性的多得多?
嗯,女性要經歷生產過程,我覺得給他們更多時間休息很合理,你不覺的嗎?
合理,我沒有其他問題了.是在這裏簽字嗎?
是的,簽字吧.

Sick leave: permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work 病假
to be on sick leave 休病假

maternity leave: a period of time when a woman temporarily leaves her job to have a baby 產假

amendment: a small change or improvement that is made to a law or a document; the process of changing a law or a document （法律、文件的）改動,修正案,修改,修訂
to introduce/propose/table an amendment(= to suggest it)
提出一項修正案
She made several minor amendments to her essay.
她對自己的論文作了幾處小的修改.
Parliament passed the bill without further amendment.
議會未作進一步修改便通過了法案.