vocab working conditions Flashcards

(144 cards)

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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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4
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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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6
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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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18
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bureautique

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office automation

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19
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cadre ( personne )

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executive

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20
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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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22
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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
unemployment, joblessness
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chômage de longue durée
long-term unemployment
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chômeur
The unemployed / jobless
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Compression de personnel
Downsizing, trimming, streamlining
29
conflits sociaux
Social unrest, industrial action
30
Congé maladie
Sick leave
31
congé maternité
maternity leave
32
congé payé
holiday with pay
33
congé sans solde
unpaid leave
34
Conseil de prud’hommes
labour court
35
CDD
fixed term contract
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CDI
permanent contract
37
convention collective
Collective bargaining
38
couverture sociale
social welfare
39
Décréter une grève
To call a strike
40
Délégué syndical
Shop steward / union representative
41
délocaliser
to relocate
42
Demande d’emploi
job application
43
demission
resignation
44
démissionner
to resign from/ to qui one's job
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directeur d'usine
plant manager
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donner un préavis
to give one's notice
47
droit du travail
labour law
48
écart de salaire
pay gap
49
effectifs ouvriers
labour force
50
effectifs salariés
payroll
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efficacité
efficiency
52
emploi, poste, place
employment, position
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emploi de bureau
clerical work
54
employé
employee
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épuisement pro
burnout
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equipe de nuit
night shift
57
esclavage
slavery
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être au chômage
to be unemployed
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externaliser
to outsource
60
flexibilité des horaires
flexitime
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former
to train
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gagner sa vie
to make / earn a living
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gel des salaires
wage freeze
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harceler
bully
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heure de fermeture
closing time
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heure de bureau
office hours
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heures supplémentaires
overtime, extra-time
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impasse
deadlock
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indemniser
to compensate
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installer des piquets de grève
to picket a workplace
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interim
temping
72
invalidité
disability
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la base des employés
the rand and file
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lettre de licenciement
notice of dismissal
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licenciement
Lay offs, dismissals, redundancies
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licenciement collectif
Mass dismissal
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licencier
To dismiss, to lay off, to make redundant
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licencié sans préavis
To discharge without notice
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lieu de travail
workplace
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main d'oeuvre
man power
81
maladie du travail
Occupational disease
82
marché du travail
Labour / job market
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métier
Occupation, trade
84
Office de placement
Employment agency
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Ouvrier d’usine
Factory worke
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ouvrir non qualifié
unskilled worker
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ouvrier qualifié
skilled worker
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PDG
CEO = Chief Executive Officer
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Pension de vieillesse
Old age pension
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Période d’essai
Probation / trial period
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Persécuter
To victimise
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Personnel
Staff, personnel
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Plafond de verre
Glass ceiling
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Plan social
Redundancy plan
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Pointer
To clock in / out
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Polyvalence
Versatility, multitasking
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Population active
Working population
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Pourvoir un poste
To fill a vacancy
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Précarité
Precariousness
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Prendre sa retraite, retraité
To retire, retiree
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prime
bonus
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Prime de licenciement
Severance / package pay
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Promouvoir
To promote (≠ to demote)
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Recherche d’emploi
Job seeking, hunting
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Réduire les effectifs
To cut the payroll / jobs
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Relations (partenaires sociaux)
Industrial relations
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remplir les conditions d'un poste
To qualify for a job
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reprendre le travail
To resume work
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Responsables syndicaux
Union officials
109
Retenir un candidat
To shortlist an applicant
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Retraite anticipée
Early retirement
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Revendication
Claim, grievance
112
Revenus
Earnings / income / revenue
113
Salaire brut
Gross wage(s)
114
Salaire horaire
Hourly wage
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Salaire journalier
Daily wage
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Salaire de misère
Pittance / to work for peanuts
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salaire net
net wage
118
salarié
salaried worker, wage earner
119
sans emploi
jobless
120
savoir faire
expertise
121
sélectionner les candidats
to screen applicants
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se mettre en grève
to go on strike
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Se porter candidat à un poste
To apply for a job
124
Semaine des 35-heures
35-hour week
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Se syndiquer
To join a trade union
126
SMIC
Minimum wage
127
sous-traitance
subcontracting
128
stage de formation
training period
129
supprimer des emplois
to shed / cut job
130
syndicat, syndiqué
labour, trade union, unionised
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télétravailler
to telework
132
toucher un salaire
to draw wages
133
travail à la chaine
assembly line work
134
travail au noir
illicit work
135
travail d'équipe
work team
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travail, main d'oeuvre
labour
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travailleurs manuel
blue collar worker
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travailleurs à plein temps
full time worker
139
travailleurs a temps partiel
part time worker
140
travailler, salarié
worker, employee, wage earner
141
virer
to fire, sack
142