B2 — upper-intermediatework35 words
Employment conditions & leave
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rȃdno vréme | working hours |
| gòdišnjī òdmor | annual paid leave (a fixed term; odmor on its own is rest, a break) |
| bȍlovānje | sick leave |
| ȍtkāz | dismissal |
| zȃrada | earnings — everything a worker is paid for work (base pay plus supplements); documents and the law say zarada, everyday speech says plata; prihod is income from any source |
| smȅna | shift (prva, druga, noćna smena); also a changeover, a replacement |
| prȃznīk | holiday |
| nȅrādnī dȃn | day off |
| slȍbodan dȃn | a day off |
| prȅkovremenī rȃd | overtime work; colloquially raditi prekovremeno — to work overtime |
| gòdišnjī | annual, yearly; on its own, colloquially, the annual leave itself: idem na godišnji — I'm off on holiday |
| otvòriti bȍlovānje | to open a sick leave — to see the doctor and have it started (perfective; imperfective otvarati bolovanje) |
| zatvòriti bȍlovānje | to close a sick leave — to have it ended and return to work |
| dȁti ȍtkāz | to hand in one's notice, to quit (dao sam otkaz — I quit); with an object, of an employer: to dismiss someone |
| dòbiti ȍtkāz | to be dismissed, to be let go |
| òtkaznī rȏk | notice period (of employment or of a tenancy) |
| minimálac | colloquial: the minimum wage (from minimalna zarada): raditi za minimalac — to work for the minimum |
| tȍplī òbrok | meal allowance — a component of Serbian pay counted as its own line and paid in money, not in food (literally 'hot meal'); obrok is a meal |
| règres | holiday allowance — a separate payment tied to the annual leave (regres za godišnji odmor), not the pay kept during the leave days (that is naknada zarade); not 'regress' |
| pȗtnī tròškovi | commuting allowance — money for the trip to work and back, counted as part of pay (also naknada za prevoz) |
| plátnī lìstić | payslip — the sheet breaking pay down line by line (also obračunski list) |
| mȉnulī rȃd | long-service supplement — the part of pay that reflects past years of service (minuli — bygone, past) |
| nȁknada zárade | pay compensation — what is paid in place of earnings for days not worked (sick leave, annual leave, holidays) |
| pȕno rȃdno vréme | full-time |
| nȅpuno rȃdno vréme | part-time hours (the term documents use; everyday speech says pola radnog vremena) |
| ráditi u smȅnama | to work shifts: radim u smenama — I work shifts |
| òdsustvo | absence; leave of absence: odsustvo sa posla — absence from work |
| plȁćeno òdsustvo | paid leave of absence for a particular occasion (a wedding, a funeral and the like) — not the annual leave |
| nèplaćeno òdsustvo | unpaid leave — time off without pay, by arrangement with the employer |
| poròdiljsko òdsustvo | maternity leave |
| poròdiljsko | colloquial: maternity leave itself, short for porodiljsko odsustvo: na porodiljskom je — she is on maternity leave |
| rȃdnī òdnos | employment relationship: zasnovati radni odnos — to enter employment, prestanak radnog odnosa — the end of employment |
| òtpremnina | severance pay — the payment made to a worker on dismissal (from otpremiti — to send off) |
| sporàzumnī rȁskid | termination by mutual agreement — worker and employer end the contract by consent (in full sporazumni raskid radnog odnosa) |
| tehnòloškī víšak | redundancy; a worker made redundant: proglašen je tehnološkim viškom — he was made redundant (višak — a surplus) |
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