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Record 1 2022-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits
  • Labour and Employment
  • Construction
CONT

... very few construction workers received paid holidays as they moved jobs too frequently or were laid off before the holiday period. The resultant industry-wide holiday pay scheme[, ] which allowed employers to buy holiday stamps... to give to employees[, ] was hugely successful...

OBS

holiday stamp: designation usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • holiday stamps

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
  • Travail et emploi
  • Construction
CONT

[Les ouvriers de la construction] travaillent généralement durant l'année pour plusieurs employeurs sur divers chantiers. [...] les employeurs [...] de l'ouvrier du bâtiment [achètent] des timbres de vacances et les [apposent] dans un carnet remis à l'ouvrier. [...] Le carnet rempli, le travailleur peut échanger ces timbres contre de l'argent aux institutions financières. Il reçoit ainsi six jours de salaire gratuit à titre de vacances payées.

OBS

timbre de vacances : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • timbres de vacances

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Non-Canadian)
  • Loans
  • Education
OBS

Luckily, the Federal government realizes the needs for graduate level study, that's why it suggests the Stafford Loans program in order to supply a diversity of graduate student loans. You should complete a free application for student assistance(FAFSA loan) and then make a decision which loan path to follow. Stafford graduate student loans are managed by the graduate schools to which you are appealing, but they are given by the government. One of the greatest benefits of Stafford graduate student loan is the fact that you will be permitted a half-year grace period that follows your graduation before you should begin your payments. If the government chooses your application, they supply you with a list of their accepted creditors. Only students who have not neglected on other loans are eligible for this kind of loan. If your income is too low, you may pretend to your graduate student loans financed by the government. It means that when you are entered in graduate school, you will not be accountable for the interest on your lend. If your income level is high enough, the interest on your loans will be joined to the principal which you should to pay off.

Key term(s)
  • Stafford Loans Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux non canadiens
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Pédagogie
Key term(s)
  • Stafford Loans Programme
  • Programme de prêts Stafford

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Working Practices and Conditions
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
DEF

Permission to be away from work or duty ...

DEF

A grant to an employee of time off from his job, generally without loss of seniority and with the right to reinstatement... the leave of absence may be for a short period of time... It may be/for longer periods but generally is not given for more than a year... In general, leaves of absence for long periods of time are without pay, although some leaves in cases of illness may provide for full or part payment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
  • Conventions collectives et négociations
DEF

Autorisation orale ou écrite donnée à un travailleur de s'absenter de son poste pour des raisons précises et pour une période déterminée avec ou sans perte de salaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Prácticas y condiciones de trabajo
  • Convenios colectivos y negociaciones
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Record 4 1989-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Annuities (Insurance)
CONT

The instalment method. Instead of paying the entire amount in one sum at retirement as in section(2), an alternative would be to pay this liability off in a series of instalments, either over a 5 year period preceding retirement or a 5 or 10 year period following retirement.

OBS

group insurance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rentes (Assurances)
CONT

La méthode des versements échelonnés. Au lieu de payer la totalité du montant en une fois lors du départ à la retraite, comme indiqué à la section 2, on peut également acquitter cette obligation au moyen d'une série de versements, répartie soit sur une période de 5 années avant le départ à la retraite, soit une période de 5 ou 10 années après le départ à la retraite.

OBS

assurance collective.

Spanish

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