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1
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Le personnel

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The staff

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Le processus de recrutement

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The hiring process

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Un CV anonyme

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A name-blind job application

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Avoir un code vestimentaire

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To have a dress code

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Port d’une tenue décontractée le vendredi au travail

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Dress down Friday/casual Friday

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Posséder/diriger une entreprise

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To own/to run a business

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Être à son compte

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To be self-employed

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Auto-entreprenariat fictif

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Bogus self-employment

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Un scandale autour d’emplois fictifs

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A fake jobs scandal

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Un employeur

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An employer

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Un employé

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An employee

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Un stagiaire

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A trainee/ an intern

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Un ouvrier qualifié

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A skilled worker

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Un employé de bureau

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A white-collar worker

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Un ouvrier

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A blue-collar worker

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Un fonctionnaire

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A civil-servant/state employee

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Un technicien

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A technician

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Un mécanicien

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A mechanic

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Un cadre

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An executive

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Un ingénieur

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An engineer

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Le marché de travail

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The labour market

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La population active

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The working population

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Postuler pour un emploi

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To apply for a job

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Une agence pôle emploi

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A job center

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Un demandeur d’emploi

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A job seeker

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Les chômeurs

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The unemployed/the jobless

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Chômage élevé/faible chez

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High/low unemployment among

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Avoir droit à qch

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To be entitled to sth

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Allocation chômage

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Unemployment benefits

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Toucher le chômage

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To be on the dole

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Une carrière

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A career

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La vocation de qn

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Sb’s calling

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Des débouchés professionnelles

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Job prospects

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34
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Avoir les compétences requises

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To have the right skill set for

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Un chasseur de têtes

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A head-hunter

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exploiter un réservoir de compétence/talent

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To tap a talent pool

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Employer qlq comme

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To employ sb as

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Embaucher (comme)

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To take on/to hire sb as

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Le secteur public/privé

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The public/private sector

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La concurrence

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Competition

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Etre en concurrence avec qn

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To compete with sb

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L’expérience professionnelle

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Work experience

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43
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Se reconvertir

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To retrain

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Le bénévolat

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Volunteering

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Un bénévole

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A volunteer

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Entreprenant

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Enterprising

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La main d’œuvre

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Labour/workforce

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Gagner sa vie

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To earn one’s living

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49
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A peine s’en sortir

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To scrape by

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Joindre les deux bouts

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To make ends meet

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Avoir du mal à joindre les 2 bouts

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To have trouble making ends meet

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Gagner décemment sa vie

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To earn a decent living

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Être salarié d’une entreprise

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To be on a company’s payroll

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Salaire au rendement

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Performance-related pay

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Salaire permettant de vivre (décemment)

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A living wage

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Le smic

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Minimum wage

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Revenu de base universel

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The global minimum wage

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Le niveau social de qn

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Sb’s social standing

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Une augmentation

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A payrise/a payraise

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Prendre l’ascenseur social

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To climb the social ladder

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Gravir les échelons d’une entreprise

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To climb the corporate ladder

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Ascension sociale

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Upward mobility

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Le gel des salaires

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A pay freeze

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Le dégraissage (des effectifs)

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Downsizing

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Licencier en masse (raisons économiques)

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To lay off

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Licencier qn pour raisons économiques

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To make sb redundant

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Un licenciement (économique)

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Redundancy

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Licencier

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To dismiss

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Supprimer des emplois

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To cut jobs

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Faire des coupes sombres dans la masse salariale

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To axe/slash jobs

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Mettre à la porte/renvoyer

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To sack/to fire

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Recevoir une lettre de licenciement

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To receive a pink slip

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Un travail gratifiant

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A rewarding job

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Un travail ingrat

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A thankless job

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Un job éreintant

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A back-breaking job

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Un emploi mal payé

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A low paid job

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Sous-payé

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Underpaid

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Déshumanisant

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Dehumanizing

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Travailler au noir

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To moonlight/work on the sly

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Atelier qui exploite les travailleurs

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A sweatshop

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Le travail des enfants

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Child labour

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Travailler chez soi

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To work from home

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Stage en entreprise

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Work placement

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Sur le lieu de travail

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I the workplace

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Nommer qn a un poste

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To appoint sb to a post

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Promouvoir qn

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To promote sb

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Rétrograder qn

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To demote sb

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CDD

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A fixed term contract

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CDI

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An opened-ended contract

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Le travail dominical

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Sunday trading

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Le temps de travail

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Working hours/time

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Un emploi à horaires de bureau

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A nine-to-five job

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Une semaine de 35 heures

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A 35-hour working week

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Faire des heures supp

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To work overtime

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Un bourreau de travail

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A workaholic

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A temps-plein/ à temps-partiel

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Full-time/part-time

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Prendre un jour de congé

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To take a day off

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Un jour férié

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A bank holiday/ a holiday

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Être en arrêt de travail

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To be on sick leave/to be off sick

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Être en congé maternité/paternité

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To be on maternity/paternity leave

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Partir en retraite

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To retire

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Un retraité

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An old age pensioner/ retiree

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L’âge de la retraite

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Retirement age

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Rapports humains dans l’entreprise

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Industrial relations

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Un conflit social

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An industrial dispute

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Employés mécontents

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Disgruntled employees

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Se mettre en grève

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To walk out/ to go on strike

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Un gréviste

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A striker

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Manifester

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To demonstrate

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Une pancarte

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A placard

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Un syndicat

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A trade union

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Un syndicaliste

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A trade unionist

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Reprendre le travail

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To resume work

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Accident de travail

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An industrial accident

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Se produire (accident)

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To occur

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Faire des victimes

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To claim lives

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Victimes

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Casualties

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Être apte au travail

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To be fit to work

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Un écart de salaire

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A salary gap

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Differences de salaires entre les sexes

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The gender pay-gap

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Le plafond de verre (briser)

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The glass ceiling (to shatter)

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Obstacles a la promotion des femmes

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Barriers to female advancement

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Jongler pour concilier carrière et famille

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To juggle a career and a family

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Équilibre entre vie professionnelle et vie familiale

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Work-family balance

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Être victime de discrimination

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To be discriminated against

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Pratiquer une discrimination à l’encontre de

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To discriminate against sb

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La discrimination positive

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Affirmative action

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Instaurer des quotas

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To introduce quotas

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L’égalité des chances

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Equal opportunity

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Atteindre l’égalité avec

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To achieve equality with sb

131
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Obtenir un salaire égal

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To get equal pay

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Un travail subalterne

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A menial job

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Une baisse de salaire

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A pay cut

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