Unemployment: work and pay Flashcards

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1
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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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Travailler de chez soi

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To work from home

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La classe ouvrière

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The working class

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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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Un atelier

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A workshop

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Un atelier clandestin

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A sweatshop

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Taux de chômage (2)

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Unemployment rate/ Jobless rate

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Le chômage de longue durée

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Long-term unemployed

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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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Toucher le chômage

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To be on the dole

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CDD

CDI

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A fixed-term contract

An open-ended contract

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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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Un intérimaire

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A temporary worker

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Une période d’essai

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A trial period

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Nommer quelqu’un à un poste

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To appoint sb to a post

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Muter quelqu’un

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To transfer sb

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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

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A hight-ranking civil servant

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Travailler à son compte

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To be self-employed

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Des honoraires

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Fees

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Gagner sa vie (3)

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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 a living ?

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Un travail mal payé (2)

Un travail bien payé (2)

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A badly-paid job/ A low-paid job

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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Avantage en nature

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A perk

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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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Etre en congé maladie

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To be on sick leave

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Prendre 2 jours de congé

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To take two days off

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RTT

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Reduction in working hours

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Les 35 heures

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The 35-hour working week

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Un licenciement (économique)
Indemnité de licenciement
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A redundancy

A redundancy payment

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Un départ volontaire

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A volontary redundancy

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Un plan social

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A redundancy plan

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Un conflit social

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An industrial dispute

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Être en gréve

Reprendre le travail

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Be on strike

To resume work

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Un délégué syndical

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A shop stewart

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Une revendication

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A claim

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Une augmentation salariale

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A payrise

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Prendre sa retraite

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To retire

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Démissionner

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To resign/To step down

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Partir en pré-retraite

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To take early retirement