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INDIRECT WORKERS [5 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2017-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost Accounting
DEF

Labour whose wages cannot be directly allocated to the production of goods or services.

CONT

Indirect labour includes employees who perform administrative functions including supervisors, managers and administrative support staff.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité analytique
DEF

Main-d'œuvre qui ne participe pas directement au processus de production d'un bien ou d'un service.

CONT

Ainsi, la main-d'œuvre indirecte comprend les personnes exerçant des fonctions de soutien à la main-d'œuvre directe, ou de supervision de celle-ci.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
CONT

Group incentives... can be expanded to include indirect workers... Some group plans include white-collar... employees in a plant-wide incentive plan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
OBS

incentive plan or system : système des primes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Annuities (Insurance)
  • Labour Law
CONT

Many of these rights are currently enforced by way of indirect sex discrimination claims since a substantial majority of the UK's part time workers are women. However, the proposals once implemented will give direct rights to all part time workers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rentes (Assurances)
  • Droit du travail
DEF

Droits acquis par le salarié ou l'ancien salarié au titre de ses périodes d'activité.

OBS

droits directs; droits propres : Termes et définition recommandés par l'Office de la langue française

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
DEF

An incentive scheme, developed in the US by Charles Eugene Bedaux(1887-1944), in which the incentive payment per unit of time saved is less than the rate paid for the standard time(often 75% of the rate for the standard time), and the difference is put into a fund which is divided among the indirect workers in the plant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
DEF

Système de rémunération du travail fondé sur une unité de travail-minute.

Spanish

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Record 5 1989-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

Indirect Purchase is the purchase by a third party of institutional training specifically designed to meet the particular needs of an employer, an organization or a specific economic sector. Such training is purchased from either a public institution or, where applicable, an organization other than a Public Authority. These activities are generally directed at workers who are employed and are planned by the joint committee and, where applicable, coordinating groups.(Canadian Jobs Strategy, Operational Procedures, chap. 2. 04, App. D, p. 3).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
OBS

Achat indirect (de formation en établissement). Canadian Jobs Strategy - Operational Procedures/Planification de l'emploi - Procédures opérationnelles - ED Manual Chapitre 7.

OBS

Achat de formation sur mesure : Canadian Jobs Strategy - Operational Procedures/Planification de l'emploi - Procédures opérationnelles - ED Manual Chapitre 2.04, Appendice D, Glossaire.

Spanish

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