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main d’oeuvre féminine

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female labour

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un travail qualifié/peu qualifié/non qualifié

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a skilled/low-skilled/an unskilled job

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un ouvrier spécialisé

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an unskilled worker

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un ouvrier

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a blue-collar worker

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un employé de bureau

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a white collar worker

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un fonctionnaire

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a state employee, a civil servant

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un salarié du secteur public

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a public-sector employee

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un haut fonctionnaire

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a high ranking civil servant

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être indépendant, travailler à son compte

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to be self-employed

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les travailleurs indépendants

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the self-emplyed

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des honoraires

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fees

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paie, paye

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pay

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salaire

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salary

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salaire d’ouvrier

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wage

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gagner de l’argent

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to earn money, to make money

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gagner sa vie

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to earn a living, to earn one’s living, to make a living

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que fait-il dans la vie?

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what does he do for living

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un travail mal payé

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a badly-paid job, a low paid-paid job

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un travail bien payé

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a well-paid job, a highly-paid job

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un salarié

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a wage-earner

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une prime

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a bonus

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un avantage (en nature), annexe

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a perk, a fringe benefit

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une voiture de fonction

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a company car

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salaire au rendement

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performance-related pay

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être employé par une entreprise
to be on a company's payroll
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des vacances
holiday, vacation
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les congés payés
paid holiday
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être en vacances
to be on holiday
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un jour férié
a bank holiday
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être ne congé maladie
to be on sick leave
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prend deux jours de congé
to take two days off
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réduction du temps de travail
reduction of working hours
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la semaine de 35 heures
the 35-hour working week
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supprimer des emplois
to cut jobs
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faire des coupes sombres, claires dans la main d'oeuvre
to slash, to axe jobs
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des pertes d'emploi, suppressions d'emploi
job losses
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rationaliser
to streamline
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dégraisser ses effectifs
to downsize
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licencier des salariés
to lay off workers, to make workers redundant
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un licenciement (économique)
a redundancy
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un départ volontaire
a voluntary redundancy
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un plan social
a redundancy plan
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indemnité de licenciement, prime de départ
redundancy payment, severance pay, severance package
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un parachute doré
a golden parachute, a golden handshake
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renvoyer, licencier, congédier
to dismiss sb
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mettre à la porte, renvoyer, virer
to fire, to sack, to give, sb the sack
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un conflit social
an industrial dispute
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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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la direction et les salariés
management and workers
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un délégué syndical
a shop steward
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un syndicat
a trade union
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des revendications salariales
wage claims, wage demands
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une augmentation de salaire
a payrise, payraise
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reprendre le travail
to resume work
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prendre sa retraite
to retire
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démissionner
to resign, to step down
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un retraité
a pensioner, an old age pensioner, a retiree
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la retraite
retirement
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partir en pré-retraite
to take early retirement
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l'âge de la retraite
retirement age
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du travail
work
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un travail, un emploi
a job
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un profession, une activité professionnelle
an occupation
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les professions libérales
the professions
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une carrière
a career
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le monde du travail
the world of work
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être au travail
to be at work
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le lieu de travail
the workplace
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travailler chez soi
to work from home
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travailler à temps partiel ou à mi-temps
to work part time
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travailler à temps plein
to work full time
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la classe ouvrière
the working class
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la population active
the working population
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la vie active
the working life
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els conditions de travail
working conditions
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un atelier
a workshop
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une usine
a factory, a plant
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un atelier clandestin
a sweatshop
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travailler beaucoup
to work hard
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être travailleur
to be hard-working
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être un travailleur acharné, un bourreau du travail
a hard worker, a workaholic
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un permis de travail
a work permit
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être/ ne pas être de service ou de garde
o be on duty/off duty

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