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FACTEUR ATTENUANT [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour Relations
CONT

Mitigating circumstances may well require variations in management's response to seemingly similar offences; but whatever the response, it must be made evident to all employees that disciplinary actions depend upon the nature of the offence and the attendant circumstances, as well as any mitigating factors.

OBS

mitigating factor: term generally used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • mitigating factors

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations du travail
CONT

Il se peut qu'en raison de circonstances atténuantes, la direction soit amenée à prendre des mesures différentes à l'endroit de fonctionnaires qui ont commis des actes semblables en apparence; mais quelle que soit la mesure proposée, il doit être clair pour tous les fonctionnaires que les sanctions sont fonction de la nature de la transgression et des circonstances qui y ont donné lieu, ainsi que des facteurs atténuants.

OBS

facteur atténuant; circonstance atténuante : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

OBS

facteur atténuant : terme tiré du Manuel du Conseil du Trésor - Relations de travail.

Key term(s)
  • facteurs atténuants
  • circonstances atténuantes

Spanish

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