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Kenichi Software: Security Guidelines For Staff & Is Everyone Entitled To Paid Holidays? — IELTS Reading Answers
All 13 answers for Kenichi Software: Security Guidelines For Staff & Is Everyone Entitled To Paid Holidays?, Cambridge IELTS 8 General Training Reading Test 1 Section 2, with the passage evidence and an explanation for each.
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Questions 15–27. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this section tests
This section is tested with Sentence Completion (Q15–20), Short Answers (Q21–27). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 15–20: Sentence Completion
Strategy: Find the stem's keyword in the passage, then complete the sentence with the exact words the grammar requires, within the word limit.
“inform a senior member of staff about any odd or unusual activity”
An adjective before 'member of staff': staff must 'inform a senior member of staff about any odd or unusual activity'.
“The company reserves the right to search staff members leaving or entering the premises and to inspect any article or motor vehicle on company property. It is a condition of employment that you submit to such action if requested”
An infinitive after 'submit': the company may 'search staff members leaving or entering', and accepting that search is a condition of employment.
“Any member found removing company property from the building without proper authority will be subject to disciplinary action”
A noun phrase after 'subject to': anyone 'removing company property... without proper authority' faces 'disciplinary action'.
“Badges are issued by Human Resources, and contractors and people visiting the company on a one-off basis are also obliged to wear them”
A plural group: 'contractors and people visiting the company on a one-off basis are also obliged to wear' badges.
“It is, therefore, essential that you should at all times be aware of the serious view the company would take of disclosure of such material to outsiders”
A plural noun after 'to': the company takes a serious view of 'disclosure of such material to outsiders'.
“Before you leave the company, you must hand over to your manager all private notes relevant to the company's business, activities, prices, accounts, costs etc”
A plural noun phrase: leavers must 'hand over to your manager all private notes relevant to the company's business'.
Questions 21–27: Short Answers
Strategy: Use the question word to predict the answer type, locate the relevant sentence, and copy no more words than the limit allows.
In what year were the regulations extended to cover most of the workers who were originally excluded?
“Since the regulations were amended, with effect from 1 August 2003, the majority of these workers have been entitled to paid holidays, and since 1 August 2004 the regulations have also applied to junior doctors”
A year: 'with effect from 1 August 2003, the majority of these workers have been entitled to paid holidays'.
What is the minimum annual paid holiday which workers are entitled to?
“Workers who qualify are entitled to no fewer than four weeks of paid holiday a year, and public holidays (normally eight days in England and Wales) count towards this”
A quantity and period: workers get 'no fewer than four weeks of paid holiday a year', public holidays included.
During a worker's first year of employment, what proportion of their annual holiday does a month's work give?
“For each month of employment, workers are entitled to one twelfth of the annual holiday”
A fraction: 'For each month of employment' a worker earns 'one twelfth of the annual holiday'.
What can an employer give a worker to stop them taking holiday that they have requested?
“If your employer does not want you to take that holiday, they can give you counter-notice equal to the holiday – for example, five days' notice not to take a five-day holiday”
A noun phrase: the employer may give 'counter-notice equal to the holiday', such as five days' notice blocking five days off.
What is given as a possible reason for an employee having to take a holiday at a certain time?
“If the employer wants you to take holiday at a given time, e.g. when there is a shutdown at the same time every year, they must give you notice of at least twice the length of the holiday”
A reason: holiday can be fixed 'when there is a shutdown at the same time every year' - the annual shutdown.
When an employee leaves their job, what should be given in place of any holiday they have not taken?
“when you leave the job, you are entitled to receive payment for any outstanding holiday, provided your contract specifically allows for this”
A noun phrase for what replaces leave: on leaving you get 'payment for any outstanding holiday', if the contract allows.
Apart from a contract, what type of document may set out an employee's holiday rights?
“It may be that your contract gives you better rights, or your holiday rights might be specified in a collective agreement”
A document name: holiday rights may be in the contract or 'specified in a collective agreement'.
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It is Section 2 of Cambridge IELTS 8 General Training Reading Test 1, and it covers Questions 15–27.
What question types appear in Kenichi Software: Security Guidelines For Staff & Is Everyone Entitled To Paid Holidays??
The section is tested with Sentence Completion, Short Answers. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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