Zero-hours contracts are often criticized because they ...

provide no income security and can exploit the workers

Multi-skilling means that an employee.....

is trained to perform various tasks in the workplace

An ever increasing number of women in work

Has given rise to changes in working practices

The fact that people live longer .....

is a reasons for changes in the length of time people work

Globalisation has changed the working practices by ....

forcing companies to work 24/7 to be able to deal worldwide

Home working is when .....

work can be done either from home or from home and work

The best flexible work option for a mother with a young child would be .....

Home working, Job sharing, Part time work

The availability of new ICTs has an impact on working practices by ...

giving workers mobility and flexibility to work from home

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1
Job-sharing involves one job but two people working
True
False
2
Zero-hours contracts are often criticized because they ...
they do not really exist
provide no income security and can exploit the workers
give workers too much freedom to work
pay workers for working no hours
3
The best option for a student trying to earn some extra money would be ...
Temporary work
Flexible time
Job-sharing
Part time
4
Multi-skilling means that an employee.....
can whatssapp and work at the same time
is trained to perform various tasks in the workplace
can do many tasks at the same time
can play several musical instruments while in work
5
An ever increasing number of women in work
Has made many men redundant as a result
Has increased the number of nurseries in the UK
Has given rise to changes in working practices
Has made it impossible for men to find jobs
6
The fact that people live longer .....
means that most people will work from 9 to 5
is why Torquay is popular with older people
means that old workers need breaks to rest
is a reasons for changes in the length of time people work
7
Part time work and temporary work are basically the same thing
No
Maybe
Perhaps
Yes
8
One of the main types of flexible working is ....
Bendy hours
Foldable hours
Flimsy hours
Flexible hours
9
Which one of these is not a reason why working practices are changing around the world
Age structure in society
Technological development
Globalisation
Increased interest rates
10
Globalisation has changed the working practices by ....
forcing companies to work 24/7 to be able to deal worldwide
improving business' financial accounts
facilitating customers buying goods from all over the world
making workers learn many languages
11
Home working is when .....
women do their household jobs, cleaning, ironing, ...
work can be done either from home or from home and work
homework is done at home and not in school
men and women share the household jobs
12
The best flexible work option for a mother with a young child would be .....
Home working
Zero hours contract
Job sharing
Part time work
13
The availability of new ICTs has an impact on working practices by ...
giving workers mobility and flexibility to work from home
making it easier to loads games into computers at work
installing electronic devices in many locations
improving verbal communication
14
Temporary and part time workers don't usually get trained
True
False

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