| 单词 | to get one's cards |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get one's cards 18. British and Australian colloquial. In plural. Documents relating to an employee (esp. concerning tax and National Insurance) held by an employer and returned when employment ceases; now chiefly in phrases referring to dismissal from employment, as to get one's cards: to be dismissed from one's position of employment or office, to give (a person) their cards: to dismiss or discharge a person from employment. colloquial.Originally used in the U.K. with reference to cards on which employers recorded contributions paid in compliance with the National Insurance Act 1911, which enabled employees to prove their entitlement to sickness and unemployment benefit. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > employee's documents union card1852 working card1855 work card1878 pie card1895 card1913 1913 H. B. Samuel in F. W. Raffety Mod. Business Pract. VIII. App. No. 4. 143/2 The quarterly stamping arrangement is only applicable to the cards of employees who have agreed with the employer to deposit their cards with him. 1921 National Insurance (Unemployment) Acts: Unemployment insurance: Decisions respecting Claims IV. 53 The foreman..told him that if he ‘was not satisfied with the work he could get his cards’. The applicant took this remark to mean that he was discharged. 1958 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death against Clock 51 Wouldn't surprise me to know he'd helped himself from the till, and that's why they gave him his cards. 2013 Daily Express 3 Oct. 23/5 As there are 760 eligible members of our House of Lords how much would we save if they were all suddenly given their cards? < as lemmas |
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