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    Learn English > English lessons and exercises > English test #44760: Working conditions
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    Working conditions


    Working conditions or Work conditions

     

    Conditions de travail

     

     

     

     

    To work

    travailler

    To commute

    Faire le trajet aller/retour jusqu'au travail

    To clock in /out

    Pointer (en entrant et en sortant)

    To transfer

    muter

    To make redundant

    Licencier pour raison économique

    To dismiss

    Licencier pour faute

    To fire, to sack

    Renvoyer, virer

    To resign

    démissionner

    To join a union

    Adhérer à un syndicat

    To come to an agreement

    Parvenir à un accord

    To resume work

    Reprendre le travail

    To carry out tasks

    Exécuter des taches

    To promote

    Promouvoir

    To have a balanced life

    Avoir une vie équilibrée

     

     

     

     

          A pay slip

    Un bulletin de salaire

        A workaholic

    Un bourreau de travail

    Efficiency bonus

    Prime de rendement

    Vocational training

    Formation professionnelle

    Sick / Maternity  leave

    Congés maladie / maternité

    Paid holidays

    Congés payés

    Bank holiday

    Jour férié

    TUC = Trade Union Congress

     Confédération des Syndicats

    (Syndicat britannique)

    Occupational disease

    Maladie professionnelle

    labour

    Main d'oeuvre

    overtime

    Heures supplémentaires

    schedules

    horaires

    workload

    Charge de travail

    Safety regulations

    Règles de sécurité

    absenteeism

    absentéisme

    A 35-hour-working week

    Une semaine de 35 heures

       A demo,                   a demonstration

    Une manif,

     une manifestation

     

     

     

    overworked

    Surmené

    Overstaffed / understaffed

    En sureffectif / en sous-effectif

    underpaid

    Sous-payé

    average

    Moyen

    Compulsory / optional

    Obligatoire / facultatif

    subsidized

    subventionné

    competitive

    Concurrentiel, compétitif

     

     





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    1. John works 70 hours a week, he's totally .
    2. can take a long time and be very exhausting
    3. After a long strike, the workers last week.
    4. John is a : he never stops working !
    5. Jane is not here : she's on , her baby is due next month.
    6. The TUC protested against unpaid .
    7. are the days when the company pays you, but you don't have to work.
    8. Paul's company is : there are not enough employees to do all the work.
    9. Breaking your leg in your office is not considered as an .
    10. Workers at 7.30 in the morning








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