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French term or phrase:	conge a la carte
English translation:	flexible time off
Entered by:	Diana Chemparathy

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10:42 Aug 4, 2011

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Human Resources

French term or phrase: conge a la carte

What does "conge a la carte" mean in French and what is its English equivalent? Thank you.

Diana Chemparathy KudoZ activity Questions: 374 (8 open) (8 without valid answers) (10 closed without grading) Answers: 51
Local time: 12:11

flexible time off

Explanation:
See discussion here:

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1517864

Flexible time off

The mine provides us with our work schedules. If I need time off, I just ask my boss and he'll see if he can get somebody else in to cover.

And we have very good holiday pay here because they pay you based on what you made the year before.

http://www.careerdestination.mb.ca/cdmb/091-100/094_d_lindsa...

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clain
Local time: 12:11

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thank you
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3 +3	flexible time off	clain
4	customized time off	Michel F. Morin
3	flexible day off	cc in nyc

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peer agreement (net): +3

flexible time off

clain
Local time: 12:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36

Grading comment

thank you

2 hrs confidence:

congé à la carte flexible day off

Explanation:
Maybe?

Two references:

• The first reference uses the phrase "congé à la carte" with reference to parental leave to care for children
http://www.avis-droit-social.net/conge_enfant_malade.php#

• The second reference uses the phrase "jours fériés à la carte" – slightly different from the source term.
http://www.lavie.fr/archives/2005/02/03/pays-bas-jours-ferie...
[The second URL contains a comma, which may cause problems launching.
– First part of URL is "http://www.lavie.fr/archives/2005/02/03/pays-bas-jours-ferie...
– Second part of URL is a comma
– Third part of URL is "5353703.php"
I hope this helps.]

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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-08-04 12:52:38 GMT)
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Surprise (to me at least); the link worked, even with the comma. :-)

cc in nyc
Local time: 12:11
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

7 hrs confidence:

customized time off

Explanation:
"A la carte" suppose que pour l'essentiel, c'est le salarié qui a le choix. Or le sens induit de "flexible" fait la part belle à l'employeur.

Je suggère donc "customized" (m à m "personnalisé"), qui me paraît mieux rendre le sens !

Cela dit, "a la carte"s'emploie également en anglais. Mais peut être pas dans un tel contexte !

Michel F. Morin
France
Local time: 18:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 76

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