Comité instructor

English translation: (workplace harassment) investigation board (or) (workplace harassment) grievance committee

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Spanish term or phrase:Comité instructor
English translation:(workplace harassment) investigation board (or) (workplace harassment) grievance committee
Entered by: Rebecca Jowers

09:56 Feb 16, 2018
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Human Resources
Spanish term or phrase: Comité instructor
A heading from a document on harassment in the work place, followed by the explanatory text:

órgano encargado de tramitar el procedimiento.
Chris Ellison
Spain
Local time: 01:08
(workplace harassment) investigation board (or) (workplace harassment grievance committee)
Explanation:
In Spanish, "instrucción" denotes "investigation" in many legal contexts (criminal, administrative, labor). You might translate this as "workplace harassment investigation board". Another option might be "workplace harassment grievance committee", since "grievance committee" is the term used in many large companies for committees that hear, investigate and resolve workers' complaints.
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Rebecca Jowers
Spain
Local time: 01:08
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4 +1(workplace harassment) investigation board (or) (workplace harassment grievance committee)
Rebecca Jowers
4processing comitee/board or instructing board
Patricia Blanco
3Processing committee
neilmac


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Processing committee


Explanation:
This could be an option. Official bodies of this nature will have different names or headings depending on where they are based, etc.

DRAE:
Instruir:
(4): Tramitar un procedimiento administrativo o judicial.

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For example, in the US, harassment cases are usually heard by a court of law. We would need more information.

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For example, it might not be a committee at all but a "board"…

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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/12/11/16685778/...
I'm no expert, but I think most workplace harassment cases in the UK are also dealt with by the courts, or industrial tribunals.

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If it's got three members, then it's a tribunal, and it sounds nice and official :-)

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https://www.adcq.qld.gov.au/resources/case-studies/sexual-ha...

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Oddly enough, "workplace harassment tribunal" gets only one hit in a Google search…

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https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/theatre-art...

Example sentence(s):
  • Processing Committee met in Arlington-Shirlington, VA for their annual meeting
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 01:08
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processing comitee/board or instructing board


Explanation:
it can be either a comitee or a board, depending of which country we are talking about. They all use different names for this groups of people in charge of public services.

Patricia Blanco
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:08
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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(workplace harassment) investigation board (or) (workplace harassment grievance committee)


Explanation:
In Spanish, "instrucción" denotes "investigation" in many legal contexts (criminal, administrative, labor). You might translate this as "workplace harassment investigation board". Another option might be "workplace harassment grievance committee", since "grievance committee" is the term used in many large companies for committees that hear, investigate and resolve workers' complaints.

Rebecca Jowers
Spain
Local time: 01:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

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agree  philgoddard: I'd go for committee, since that's what it's called in Spanish.
42 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil
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