rétrospective

English translation: back-dated

11:21 Mar 22, 2007

French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources / Calculation of pensions (France)

French term or phrase: rétrospective

As with my previous question this is about how pensions are calculated. This is one of the 3 ways.

Alain Pommet KudoZ activity Questions: 148 (none open) (11 closed without grading) Answers: 1241
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English translation:back-dated

Explanation:
Alain, I have not seen your other questions, but this term often refers to back-dating some type of bonus/pay rise/etc. to be effective starting in the past.

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Laurel Clausen
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Local time: 08:54

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Thanks for your suggestion. In the end though and given the context, I used retrospective.
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back-dated

Laurel Clausen

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back-dated

Explanation:
Alain, I have not seen your other questions, but this term often refers to back-dating some type of bonus/pay rise/etc. to be effective starting in the past.

Laurel Clausen
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Local time: 08:54
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Grading comment

Thanks for your suggestion. In the end though and given the context, I used retrospective.

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