aménagement formalisé du temps de travail

English translation: formal working time arrangements

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French term or phrase:aménagement formalisé du temps de travail
English translation:formal working time arrangements
Entered by: Fiona McBrearty

13:29 Mar 30, 2010
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Human Resources
French term or phrase: aménagement formalisé du temps de travail
In text on working hours as part of "fundamental rights" employers are to respect
Les caractéristiques de l’aménagement du temps de travail peuvent être combinées pour produire ce qu’on appellera **«l’aménagement formalisé du temps de travail»**. Cet aménagement formalisé du temps de travail est notamment reconnu par la loi et les accords collectifs. Il est généralement fixé explicitement par écrit dans le contrat de travail. Voir Rapport II « La mesure du temps de travail » de l’OIT
The ILO Report II speaks of working-time arrangements for aménagement du temps de travail.
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---inte...
Not sure I understand what they mean though in my paragraph
Formaliser = writing down, for example,
Fiona McBrearty
Local time: 17:54
formal working time arrangements
Explanation:
That is working time arrangements that are generally written down and form part of the contractual terms and conditions of employment. As can be seen from the extract below, they are sometimes not an exact reflection of the reality of actual working time arrangements. E.g. a lot of workers put in extra, unpaid hours, sometimes presence at non-work, after hours events may be expected by the employer and occasionally a worker may be allowed informal (paid or unpaid) time off, or to come in early and leave early.

"relating mainly to working time concepts linked to payments and employment contracts, and to some formal working time arrangements, for all or a subset of employees and establishments. These are generally hours paid for, overtime, contractual hours and absence from work (unpaid but registered to monitor entitlements). Normal hours and hours actually worked may also be available."
www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/download/.../reptwo....
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B D Finch
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Local time: 17:54
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Perfect, thanks
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4 +3formal working time arrangements
B D Finch
4 +3formalised / legalised flexible working hours
Chris Hall
2formalized working-time arrangements
Claire Nolan


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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
formal working time arrangements


Explanation:
That is working time arrangements that are generally written down and form part of the contractual terms and conditions of employment. As can be seen from the extract below, they are sometimes not an exact reflection of the reality of actual working time arrangements. E.g. a lot of workers put in extra, unpaid hours, sometimes presence at non-work, after hours events may be expected by the employer and occasionally a worker may be allowed informal (paid or unpaid) time off, or to come in early and leave early.

"relating mainly to working time concepts linked to payments and employment contracts, and to some formal working time arrangements, for all or a subset of employees and establishments. These are generally hours paid for, overtime, contractual hours and absence from work (unpaid but registered to monitor entitlements). Normal hours and hours actually worked may also be available."
www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/download/.../reptwo....

B D Finch
France
Local time: 17:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 83
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Perfect, thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wendy Cummings
57 mins
  -> Thanks Wendy

agree  Pablo Strauss: or "formalized"
1 hr
  -> Thanks Pablo, but I think that "formalized", or even "formalised" is wrong. It would only be correct to indicate that some informal situation had been formalised and that does not fit this context.

agree  cmwilliams (X)
5 hrs
  -> Thanks cmw
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
formalised / legalised flexible working hours


Explanation:
Source: http://www.wordreference.com/fren/aménagement

l'aménagement du temps de travail = flexible working hours.

Chris Hall
Local time: 16:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Liliane Hatem: You wrote the french way, formali(z)ed, legalized
21 mins
  -> Many thanks Liliane. With a "Z" is US English, with a "S" is UK English.

agree  margaret caulfield: Your spelling's 100% correct if for UK English! (Obviously)
1 hr
  -> Many thanks Margaret.

agree  dholmes (X)
1 hr
  -> Many thanks Dianne.

neutral  Pablo Strauss: In my experience, "working hours" is the usual term - but in the document in question (see asker's reference) working time is the established term
1 hr
  -> "Working hours" is exactly the same as "working time". You don't say "working seconds", "working minutes" do you? Very unnecessary comment.
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
formalized working-time arrangements


Explanation:
From: http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Photos/AFDB_Stati...

Two concepts of working-time arrangements that describe
the characteristics of working time in a job, namely the
organization and scheduling of working time, regardless of
type of job, and formalized working-time arrangements, that
are specific combinations of the characteristics having legal
recognition.

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Note added at 9 hrs (2010-03-30 23:18:49 GMT)
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From:http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/citygroup/ParisGroup-Atta...

Working time arrangements vary according to national circumstances. Given
differences in institutional conventions and organization, statistics of formalized working time
arrangements are useful for national purposes although they may not be internationally
comparable.

From:http://www.insee.fr/en/insee-statistique-publique/colloques/...

according to the characteristics of the Working time arrangement outlined
below, and (b) the number of persons experiencing the various types of arrangements,
according to whether these are formalized or implicit arrangements.

From:http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/doc/5655\mrdoc\pdf\5655samplin...

The decision to exclude small-size firms was mainly based on the assumption that in small-sized establishments formalized working-time arrangements and innovative practices are to be found only rarely.

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Note added at 9 hrs (2010-03-30 23:27:26 GMT)
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Also, the English (formalized working-time arrangements) appears early (page 155) in the first document cited above, and the French translation (aménagement formalisé du temps de travail) appears on page 209.

http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Photos/AFDB_Stati...

Claire Nolan
Local time: 11:54
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44
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