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HORIZONTAL MOBILITY [4 records]

Record 1 2017-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Personnel Management (General)
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

The Joint Career Transition Committee(JCTC) is a joint union management initiative dedicated to facilitating human resources and labour relations culture change through the development of innovative products and services to integrate learning, mobility, employability and career progression of people employed in the federal Public Service. The JCTC seeks to strengthen co-development and horizontal relationships by encouraging labour management dialogue across regions, departments and agencies. Through these partnerships, the JCTC supports continuous learning, encourages employees to integrate learning and skills development in their long term career planning and proactively support employees and departments and signatory agencies in workforce adjustment situations that may arise.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
  • Travail et emploi
CONT

Le Comité conjoint de transition de carrière (CCTC) est une initiative syndicale-patronale conjointe visant à faciliter un changement de culture en matière de ressources humaines et de relations de travail grâce à l'élaboration de produits et services novateurs afin d'intégrer l'apprentissage, la mobilité, l'employabilité et le cheminement professionnel des personnes œuvrant à la fonction publique fédérale. Le CCTC vise à renforcer le coperfectionnement et les relations horizontales en encourageant un dialogue patronal-syndical entre les régions, les ministères et les organismes. En établissant ces partenariats, le CCTC encourage l'apprentissage continu, aide les employés à acquérir des connaissances et des habiletés dans leur planification de carrière à long terme et appuie de façon proactive les fonctionnaires, les ministères et les organismes signataires, dans des situations de réaménagement des effectifs qui peuvent survenir.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Organization
DEF

Position change within the same social class.

CONT

A distinction is made between horizontal and vertical social mobility. The former refers to change of occupational position or role of an individual or a group without involving any change in its position in the social hierarchy, the latter refers essentially to changes in the position of an individual or a group along the social hierarchy... Horizontal mobility is a change in position without the change in status.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation sociale
DEF

[...] mouvement d'individus ou de groupes d'une position sociale à une autre à l'intérieur d'une même strate sociale.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Traffic
  • Urban Planning
  • Road Design
CONT

Horizontal traffic calming measures use items such as raised islands and traffic circles to eliminate straight-line travel thus forcing most drivers to reduce their speeds. Horizontal measures can also be used to reduce pavement widths to discourage speeding or to restrict passage to a single lane, thereby significantly reducing the capacity of the roadway.

OBS

horizontal traffic calming measure : term recommended by the Terminology Committee and standardized by the Validation Committee of the Sustainable Mobility Glossary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation routière
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Conception des voies de circulation
OBS

mesure de déflexion horizontale : terme recommandé par le Comité de terminologie et normalisé par le Comité de validation du Lexique de la mobilité durable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tránsito vial
  • Planificación urbana
  • Diseño de carreteras
CONT

Los dispositivos relacionados con el trazado en planta obligarán a que los vehículos describan una trayectoria curva en vez de recta.

CONT

Tipos de dispositivo para moderar la velocidad. […] Dispositivos relacionados con el trazado en planta: miniglorietas, retranqueos, zigzags [y] modificación de intersecciones en T.

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Record 4 2012-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Organization
CONT

A distinction is made between horizontal and vertical social mobility. The former refers to change of occupational position or role of an individual or a group without involving any change in its position in the social hierarchy, the latter refers essentially to changes in the position of an individual or a group along the social hierarchy... Vertical mobility refers to a movement of an individual or people or groups from one status to another. It involves change within the lifetime of an individual to a higher or lower status than the person had to begin with.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation sociale
CONT

La mobilité verticale peut être ascendante ou descendante. Un fils d'ouvrier qui devient haut fonctionnaire offre un exemple de mobilité verticale ascendante.

Spanish

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