{"id":7755,"date":"2015-07-05T03:47:09","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T11:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=7755"},"modified":"2022-12-28T10:15:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T18:15:55","slug":"business-english-news-33-employment-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/05\/business-english-news-33-employment-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Business English News 33 &#8211; Employment Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7755-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEN33-Employment-Practices.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEN33-Employment-Practices.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEN33-Employment-Practices.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/quiz\/BEN33POD\/html5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/emplyment-practices-header-600x194.png\" alt=\"emplyment-practices-header\" width=\"600\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/emplyment-practices-header-600x194.png 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/emplyment-practices-header-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/emplyment-practices-header.png 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s <a title=\"Business English News Lessons\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business English News lesson<\/a>, we look at developments in employment practices and how these effect job stability and opportunities for career development.<\/p>\n<p>The world quietly passed a significant milestone recently &#8211; the global jobless total surpassed 200 million people, according to a study by the UN. To put that into perspective, that&#8217;s 30 million more without work than at the height of the recession in 2008. As CBC News reports, these figures could have grave implications for the future.<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Free Resources: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/quiz\/BEN33SN-Employment-Practices.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PDF Transcript<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/quiz\/BEN33QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quizzes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/quiz\/BEN33POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lesson Module<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEN33-Employment-Practices.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podcast MP3<\/a><\/strong>[\/tp]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn vocabulary and collocations for discussing employment practices, jobs and 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