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15. UNEMPLOYEMENT, work and pay Flashcards

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Une carrière

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A carrier

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Le monde du travail

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The world of work

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Le lieu de travail

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The workplace

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Travailler à tps partiel OU à mi-temps

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To work part time

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Travailler à plein temps

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To work full time

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La classe ouvrière

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The working class

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La pop active

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The working population

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La vie active

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The working life

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Les conditions de travail

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Working conditions

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Une usine (2)

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A factory / a plant

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Un atelier clandestin (où la main d’oeuvre est exploitée)

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A sweatshop

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Être travailleur

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To be hard-working

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Un travailleur acharné, un bourreau de travail (2)

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A hard worker, a workaholic

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Joindre les deux bouts

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To make ends meet

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Seuil de pauvreté

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Poverty line

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Effet de ruissellement

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Trickle-down effect

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Le chômage (2)

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Unemployement / jobleness

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Être au chômage (3)

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To be unemployed / jobless / out of work

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Taux de chômage (2)

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Unemployement / jobless rate

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Le chômage de longue-durée

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Long-term unemployement

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Le chômage des jeunes

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Youth unemployement

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Allocation chômage

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Unemployement benefit

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Toucher le chômage (GB/US)

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To be on the dole (GB) / to be on welfare (US)

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Le marché du travail, de l’emploi

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Job market, labour market

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Un CDD
A fixed-term contract
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Un CDI
An open-ended contract
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La flexibilité de l'emploi
Job flexibility
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Avoir des horaires flexibled (GB/US)
To work flextime (GB) / to flextime (US)
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La sécurité / précarité de l'emploi
Job security / insecurity
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Un stage (2)
An internship, a work placement
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Un stagiaire
An intern, a trainee
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Un travailleur précaire
A casual worker
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Un boulot d'été
A summer job
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Un petit boulot (2)
An odd job / a casual job
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Pénurie
Shortage
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Employer
To employ
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Recruter
To recruit
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Une période d'essai
A trial period
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Nommer qqn à un poste
To appoint sby to a post
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Muter qqn
To transfer sby
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Un poste à responsabilité(s)
A responsible job
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Un demandeur d'emploi
A job-seeker
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Une agence Pôle emploi
A Jobcenter (GB)
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Compétences
Skills
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Être candidat à un emploi, faire une demande d'emploi
To apply for a job
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Un candidat à un poste
An applicant
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Une offre d'emploi (3)
A job offer, a job vacancy, a job opportunity
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Travail OU main d'oeuvre
labour
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Normes en matière d'emploi
Labour standards
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La main d'oeuvre
Manpower, workforce
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Le personnel
Staff, personnel
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Un collègue
A colleague, a co-worker, a workmate
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Les ressources humaines
Human ressources
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Parti travailliste
Labour party
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Travail qualifié / peu qualifié / non qualifié
Skilled / low-skilled / unskilled job
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Un ouvrier
A blue-collar worker
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Un employé de bureau
A white-collar worker
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Un fonctionnaire (2)
A state employee, a cicil servant
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Un haut fonctionnaire
A high-ranking civil servant
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Être indépendant, travailler à son compte
To be self-employed
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Honoraires
Fees
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L'esprit d'entreprise
Entrepreneurship
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Gagner de l'argent (2)
To earn money, to make money
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Gagner sa vie (2)
To earn a living, to make a living
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Que fait-il dans la vie?
What does he do for a living?
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Un travail mal payé (2)
A badly-paid job, a low-paid job
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Un travail bien payé
A well-paid job, a highly-paid job
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Un salarié
A wage-earner
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Une prime
A bonus (pl bonuses)
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Être employé par une entreprise
To be on a company's payroll
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Faire face à
To keep up with
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Congés payés
Paid holiday
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Être en vacances
To be on holiday
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Un jour ferié
A bank holiday
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Être en congé maladie
To be on sick leave
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Réduction du tps de travail RTT
Reduction of working hours
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Les 35h, la semaine des 35h
The 35-hour working week
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Prendre soin de
To make a point of
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À grande échelle
In a big way
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Supprimer des emplois
To cut jobs
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Des pertes d'emplois, des suppressions d'emploi
Job losses
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Dégraisser les effectifs
To downsize
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Licencier (3)
To lay off / to make redundant / to dismiss sby
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Indemnité de licenciement, prime de départ (3)
Redundancy payment, severance pay, severance package
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Un parachute doré (2)
A golden parachute, a golden handshake
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Mettre à la porte, renvoyer, virer (3)
To fire, to sack, to give sby the sack
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Être viré
To get the sack
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Se mettre / être en grève
To go on strike / to be on strike
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Un gréviste
A striker
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Un syndicat
A (trade) union
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Augmentation de salaire (GB/US)
a payrise (GB) / a payraise (US)
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Prendre sa retraite
To retire
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Démissioner (2)
To resign / to step down
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Un retraité (2)
A pensioner / a retiree (US)
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La retraite
Retirement

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