Unemployment: work and pay Flashcards

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Les professions libérales

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The professions

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Être au travail

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To be at work

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3
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Travailler de chez soi

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To work from home

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4
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La classe ouvrière

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The working class

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5
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La population 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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7
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Un atelier

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A workshop

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8
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Un atelier clandestin

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A sweatshop

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9
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Taux de chômage (2)

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Unemployment rate/ Jobless rate

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10
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Le chômage de longue durée

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Long-term unemployed

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11
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Le chômage des jeunes

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Youth unemployment

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12
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Allocation chômage

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Unemployment benefit

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13
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Toucher le chômage

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To be on the dole

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14
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CDD

CDI

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A fixed-term contract

An open-ended contract

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15
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Un travailleur précaire

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A casual worker

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Un petit boulot (2)

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An odd job/ A casual job

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17
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Un intérimaire

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A temporary worker

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18
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Une période d’essai

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A trial period

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19
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Nommer quelqu’un à un poste

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To appoint sb to a post

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20
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Muter quelqu’un

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To transfer sb

21
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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

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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 (2)

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A state employee/ A civil servant

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Un haut fonctionnaire
A hight-ranking civil servant
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Travailler à son compte
To be self-employed
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Des honoraires
Fees
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Gagner sa vie (3)
To earn a living/to earn one's 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) | Un travail bien payé (2)
A badly-paid job/ A low-paid job | A well-paid job/ A highly-paid job
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Un salarié
A wage-earner
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Avantage en nature
A perk
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Une voiture de fonction
A company car
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Salaire au rendement
Performance-related pay
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Etre en congé maladie
To be on sick leave
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Prendre 2 jours de congé
To take two days off
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RTT
Reduction in working hours
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Les 35 heures
The 35-hour working week
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A redundancy | A redundancy payment
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Un départ volontaire
A volontary redundancy
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Un plan social
A redundancy plan
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Un conflit social
An industrial dispute
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Être en gréve | Reprendre le travail
Be on strike | To resume work
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Un délégué syndical
A shop stewart
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Une revendication
A claim
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Une augmentation salariale
A payrise
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Prendre sa retraite
To retire
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Démissionner
To resign/To step down
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Partir en pré-retraite
To take early retirement