Ley

English translation: Statute / Act / Law

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Spanish term or phrase:Ley
English translation:Statute / Act / Law
Entered by: Jim Morrissey

19:36 Nov 26, 2013
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Law/Patents - Education / Pedagogy / HOMEWORK ASSSINGMENT
Spanish term or phrase: Ley
I know this is in the dictionary several times, but in this instance, and throughout this document I don't know if I should translate it as Law. Statue or Act. Any thoughts?

Origin: Spain
Link/source : http://www.ugt.es/DatoBasico/estatutodelostrabajadoresactual... (Ley del Estatuto de los Trabajadores)
Example:
1. La presente Ley será de aplicación a los trabajadores que voluntariamente presten sus servicios retribuidos por cuenta ajena y dentro del ámbito de organización y dirección de otra persona, física o jurídica, denominada empleador o empresario.
Jim Morrissey
Local time: 09:27
Statute / Act / Law
Explanation:
act [ækt]
n
3. (Law) (capital when part of a name) the formally codified result of deliberation by a legislative body; a law, edict, decree, statute, etc.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Act

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Note added at 9 mins (2013-11-26 19:46:24 GMT)
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I would use Law.
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Catarina Lopes
Portugal
Local time: 14:27
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Statute / Act / Law


Explanation:
act [ækt]
n
3. (Law) (capital when part of a name) the formally codified result of deliberation by a legislative body; a law, edict, decree, statute, etc.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Act

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Note added at 9 mins (2013-11-26 19:46:24 GMT)
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I would use Law.


    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Act
Catarina Lopes
Portugal
Local time: 14:27
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
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Reference: Refs. / previous glossary entry

Reference information:
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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Spanish term or phrase: E.T.
English translation: Workers' Statute

E.T. > Estatuto de los Trabajadores


Employment protection legislation database - EPLex
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/eplex/termmain.showCountry?p_lang=en&...
Workers' Statute (Estatuto de los trabajadores) [ET], Royal Decree 1/1995, ... 35/2010 (Ley de medidas urgentes para la reforma del mercado de trabajo) Available only in ... Date: 17 Sep 2010; view website »; Labour Procedure Law [LPL], ...

Workers' Statute (Estatuto de los trabajadores) [ET], Royal Decree 1/1995, consolidated version, as last amended on 17 September 2010 by the Labour Market Reform, Act No. 35/2010 (Ley de medidas urgentes para la reforma del mercado de trabajo) Available only in Spanish
Date: 17 Sep 2010; http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/Laboral/rdleg2-1995...

html - EUR-Lex
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:...
Feb 21, 2013 - ... of the Law on the Workers' Statute (Real Decreto Legislativo 1/1995, ... el texto refundido de la Ley del Estatuto de los Trabajadores) of 24 ...

Seguridad y Medio Ambiente - Nº 109
www.mapfre.com/fundacion/html/revistas/seguridad/.../articu...
Catedrático de Derecho del Trabajo (Professor of Labour Law). ... in the reformed text of the Workers' Statute Law (Ley del Estatuto de los Trabajadores) but also ...

Spain - International Labour Organization
www.ilo.org › ... › Employment protection legislation database - EPLex‎
Workers' Statute (Estatuto de los trabajadores) [ET], Royal Decree 1/1995, ... The information provided here under the 2011 entry for Spain reflects the ...
WORKERS' STATUTE - Eurofound
www.eurofound.europa.eu › ... › EMIRE › SPAIN › Letter E‎
Law passed on March 10, 1980, in accordance with the mandate laid down in Article 35.2 of the Spanish Constitution. It fundamentally altered Spanish labour ...
[PDF]
1 TITLE I............................................................
www.justice.bg/spain/5/Estatuto_Trabajadores_ENGLISH_pdf.pd...
http://212.122.184.99/spain/spain.htm. MINISTRY ... which approves the Revised Text of the Workers' Statute. (“Estatuto .... Protection of the worker as a person.
The Spanish Workers' Statute - HeinOnline
heinonlinebackup.com/hol-cgi-bin/get_pdf.cgi?handle=hein...24‎
by JA Sagardoy Bengoechea - ‎1981 - ‎Cited by 3 - ‎Related articles
The Spanish Workers' Statute. Juan A. SAGARDOY BENGOECHEA °. Introduction. The promulgation of a Workers' Statute' by the Spanish Parliament marks a ...
Royal Decree Law 3/2012 introduced an extensive reform of labour ...
www.labourlawnetwork.eu/national_labour.../index.html
Feb 10, 2012 - The reform has an impact not only on the Statute of Workers, but also on other basic Spanish legislation: The Employment Act of 2003, the ...
Workers' Statute (Spain [1980]) -- Encyclopedia Britannica
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/648127/Workers-Statute
The constitutional provisions regarding unions were fleshed out in the Workers' Statute of 1980 and the Organic Law of Trade Union Freedom, which went into ...
[PDF]
WORKERS' STATUTE. Approves the - Junta de Andalucía
www.juntadeandalucia.es/empleo/anexos/estatico/1_571_0.pdf
May 1, 1995 - 4. Spanish labour law shall be applicable to the work rendered by Spanish workers contracted in Spain at the service of Spanish companies ...
The key elements of Spanish labour reform - Lexology
www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=59da94e5-5a80-4f8e-9...
Jul 24, 2012 - justifying temporary lay-offs or short time (article 47 of the Spanish Workers' Statute),; the non-application of the terms of a collective bargaining ...
Termination With and Without Cause under the Workers' Statute ...
e-revistas.uc3m.es/index.php/SLLERJ/article/view/1555‎
by AB Muñoz Ruiz - ‎2012
Termination With and Without Cause under the Workers' Statute.
[PDF]
Notes on Spanish Labour and Employment ... - Revistas UC3M
e-revistas.uc3m.es/index.php/SLLERJ/article/download/1555/736‎
by AB Muñoz Ruiz - ‎2012
Notes on Spanish Labour and Employment Regulations: Termination With and Without Cause Under the. Workers' Statute. ANA BELÉN MUÑOZ RUIZ. Lecturer ...

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 245
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