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vocab working conditions Flashcards

1
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accident du travail

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industrial injury

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allocataire

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claimant

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allocation

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allowance

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allocation chômage

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Unemployment benefit, dole

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ancienneté

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seniority

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annoncer une place vacante

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to advertise a vacancy

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Arrêt de travail / débrayage

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Work stoppage

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Augmentation de salaire

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Wage / pay rise (B) / raise (US)

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Automatisation

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automation

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avantage numéraire

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cash incentive

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avantage non numéraire

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perk, benefits in kind

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avantages en nature

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fringe benefits

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avantages sociaux

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Welfare benefits

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avoir droit à

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to be eligible for

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avoir une journée de congé

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to have a day off

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bourreau de travail

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workaholic

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briseur de grève

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scab

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bureautique

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office automation

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cadre ( personne )

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executive

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caisse de retraite

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pension fund

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21
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carrière

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career

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charge de travail

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wokrload

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chef d’atelier

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supervisor

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chercher un travail

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to look for a job

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chômage

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unemployment, joblessness

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chômage de longue durée

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long-term unemployment

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chômeur

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The unemployed / jobless

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Compression de personnel

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Downsizing, trimming, streamlining

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conflits sociaux

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Social unrest, industrial action

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Congé maladie

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Sick leave

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congé maternité

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maternity leave

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congé payé

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holiday with pay

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congé sans solde

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unpaid leave

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34
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Conseil de prud’hommes

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labour court

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CDD

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fixed term contract

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CDI

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permanent contract

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37
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convention collective

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Collective bargaining

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38
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couverture sociale

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social welfare

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Décréter une grève

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To call a strike

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Délégué syndical

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Shop steward / union representative

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41
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délocaliser

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to relocate

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42
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Demande d’emploi

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job application

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43
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demission

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resignation

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44
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démissionner

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to resign from/ to qui one’s job

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directeur d’usine

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plant manager

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donner un préavis

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to give one’s notice

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47
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droit du travail

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labour law

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48
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écart de salaire

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pay gap

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49
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effectifs ouvriers

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labour force

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50
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effectifs salariés

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payroll

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51
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efficacité

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efficiency

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52
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emploi, poste, place

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employment, position

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53
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emploi de bureau

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clerical work

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54
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employé

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employee

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55
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épuisement pro

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burnout

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56
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equipe de nuit

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night shift

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57
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esclavage

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slavery

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être au chômage

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to be unemployed

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externaliser

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to outsource

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flexibilité des horaires

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flexitime

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former

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to train

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gagner sa vie

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to make / earn a living

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gel des salaires

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wage freeze

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harceler

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bully

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heure de fermeture

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closing time

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heure de bureau

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office hours

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heures supplémentaires

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overtime, extra-time

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impasse

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deadlock

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indemniser

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to compensate

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installer des piquets de grève

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to picket a workplace

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interim

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temping

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invalidité

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disability

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la base des employés

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the rand and file

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lettre de licenciement

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notice of dismissal

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licenciement

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Lay offs, dismissals, redundancies

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licenciement collectif

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Mass dismissal

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licencier

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To dismiss, to lay off, to make redundant

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licencié sans préavis

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To discharge without notice

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lieu de travail

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workplace

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main d’oeuvre

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man power

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maladie du travail

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Occupational disease

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marché du travail

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Labour / job market

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métier

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Occupation, trade

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Office de placement

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Employment agency

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Ouvrier d’usine

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Factory worke

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ouvrir non qualifié

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unskilled worker

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ouvrier qualifié

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skilled worker

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PDG

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CEO = Chief Executive Officer

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Pension de vieillesse

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Old age pension

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Période d’essai

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Probation / trial period

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Persécuter

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To victimise

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Personnel

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Staff, personnel

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Plafond de verre

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Glass ceiling

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Plan social

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Redundancy plan

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Pointer

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To clock in / out

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Polyvalence

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Versatility, multitasking

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Population active

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Working population

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Pourvoir un poste

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To fill a vacancy

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Précarité

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Precariousness

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Prendre sa retraite, retraité

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To retire, retiree

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prime

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bonus

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Prime de licenciement

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Severance / package pay

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Promouvoir

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To promote (≠ to demote)

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Recherche d’emploi

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Job seeking, hunting

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Réduire les effectifs

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To cut the payroll / jobs

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Relations (partenaires sociaux)

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Industrial relations

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remplir les conditions d’un poste

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To qualify for a job

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reprendre le travail

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To resume work

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Responsables syndicaux

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Union officials

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Retenir un candidat

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To shortlist an applicant

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Retraite anticipée

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Early retirement

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Revendication

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Claim, grievance

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Revenus

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Earnings / income / revenue

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Salaire brut

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Gross wage(s)

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Salaire horaire

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Hourly wage

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Salaire journalier

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Daily wage

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Salaire de misère

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Pittance / to work for peanuts

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salaire net

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net wage

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salarié

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salaried worker, wage earner

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sans emploi

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jobless

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savoir faire

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expertise

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sélectionner les candidats

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to screen applicants

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se mettre en grève

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to go on strike

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Se porter candidat à un poste

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To apply for a job

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Semaine des 35-heures

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35-hour week

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Se syndiquer

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To join a trade union

126
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SMIC

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Minimum wage

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sous-traitance

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subcontracting

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stage de formation

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training period

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supprimer des emplois

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to shed / cut job

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syndicat, syndiqué

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labour, trade union, unionised

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télétravailler

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to telework

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toucher un salaire

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to draw wages

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travail à la chaine

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assembly line work

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travail au noir

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illicit work

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travail d’équipe

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work team

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travail, main d’oeuvre

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labour

137
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travailleurs manuel

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blue collar worker

138
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travailleurs à plein temps

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full time worker

139
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travailleurs a temps partiel

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part time worker

140
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travailler, salarié

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worker, employee, wage earner

141
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virer

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to fire, sack

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