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AUTO-IDENTIFICATION [1 record]

Record 1 2011-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
DEF

The process by which persons identify themselves voluntarily to an employer as belonging to a designated group or agree to be identified as such by an employer.

OBS

Definition proposed by the Terminology and Language Standardization Board, November 1994.

OBS

Term also used in the Employment Equity Act, October 1995.

Key term(s)
  • voluntary self-identification
  • auto-identification

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
DEF

Processus par lequel les personnes appartenant à un groupe désigné s'identifient volontairement comme telles auprès de l'employeur ou acceptent que celui-ci les reconnaisse comme telles.

OBS

Définition proposée par la Commission générale de normalisation terminologique et linguistique, novembre 1994.

OBS

Le terme «auto-identification» auparavant considéré comme un pléonasme est maintenant passé dans l'usage à l'instar d'autres termes tels «auto-perfectionnement».

OBS

Le terme «auto-identification» est également employé dans la Loi sur l'équité en matière d'emploi, octobre 1995.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trabajo y empleo
DEF

Proceso reflexivo por el cual la persona adquiere conciencia de sus propias cualidades y características y, de acuerdo a este referente, se identifica con un determinado grupo humano.

Key term(s)
  • auto-identificación
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