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transfuguismo

English translation: anti-headhunting

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Spanish term or phrase:transfuguismo
English translation:anti-headhunting
Entered by: James A. Walsh

20:41 Feb 9, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Legal services
Spanish term or phrase: transfuguismo
Spanish law firm offering training in the below. For a UK audience.

I've checked out 'defection / anti-defection / no-defection/ non-defection' but defection seems to be used for defecting to other political parties or in other contexts apart from employment contracts. Just wondering if there is another term regularly used in this context.

# Todo lo pactable en un contrato de trabajo: obligatoriedad de horas extras, pactos de no concurrencia ni competencia postcontractual, transfuguismo, protección a los inventos y desarrollos, etc.
Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 15:33
anti-headhunting
Explanation:
My take on it. Taking the political meaning of 'tránsfuga' and applying it to your context, I arrived at this. Has reasonable hits, and this is my understanding. Basically a provision for the company to prevent their staff from detracting (or being headhunted) with all their valuable information.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=&q="anti-headhunting"&sour...
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James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 15:33
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4 +2anti-headhunting
James A. Walsh
4 +1defection (to another company)
John Cutler
4non-compete clause/restriction
Noni Gilbert Riley


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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
transfuguismo
anti-headhunting


Explanation:
My take on it. Taking the political meaning of 'tránsfuga' and applying it to your context, I arrived at this. Has reasonable hits, and this is my understanding. Basically a provision for the company to prevent their staff from detracting (or being headhunted) with all their valuable information.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=&q="anti-headhunting"&sour...


    Reference: http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2001/jan/15/workandcareers.m...
    Reference: http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2001/01/25/178110/Kee...
James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 15:33
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agree  Jairo Payan
33 mins
  -> Gracias, Jairo.
agree  Bill Harrison (X): In the absence of a better sounding phrase I think this must be right. PS. How about 'employee poaching'??
53 mins
  -> Cheers Bill. Yeah, I too feel there's a better rendition lurking out there, but just can't think of it/find it. This conveys the meaning well, at least...//For now, 'anti-headhunting' is floating my boat still.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
non-compete clause/restriction


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-compete_clause

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/ask-an-expert/article.html?in_a...

I am of course translating "pacto de no transfuguismo"

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-02-09 22:11:01 GMT)
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Please take a look at my links, since these clauses seem to cover transfuguismo and no concurrencia and comeptencia... Sorry, I should have made this clearer to start with.

Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 15:33
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 91

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Bill Harrison (X): That's already been covered in the context.
5 mins
  -> See note re why I suggest this term. Thanks for pointing out that I hadn't explained this!
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
defection (to another company)


Explanation:
This definition says it's from politics, but apparently it's a word used in companies and businesses as well:

Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
defector [dɪ'fektəʳ] n Pol tránsfuga

Here are a couple of examples:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-2359...

http://www.thestairway.co.uk/keeping-the-best-employee-reten...

Googletown: A company town for Google employees
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17 Nov 2010 ... Considering that Google pays its employees millions of dollars in retention bonuses not to defect to other companies like Twitter and ...
personalmoneystore.com/.../googletown-company-town/ - Estados Unidos - En caché

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Note added at 11 hrs (2011-02-10 08:02:15 GMT)
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Intellectual stolen property: businesses don't trust employees ...
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13 Jan 2011... couldn't trust their employees with their company's 'intangible assets', ... On the other hand, perhaps this is more about trust than IP per se. ... After all, if staff are defecting in numbers to start or join rival ...
www.managementtoday.co.uk/.../intellectual-stolen-property-... - En caché

Chinese companies lock out workers who defect to Groupon ...
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27 Jan 2011 ... Group buying sites in China are vowing not to re-hire employees who go to work ... But other overseas Internet companies, such as Google, ...
www.computerworlduk.com/.../chinese-companies-lock-out-work... - Reino Unido - En caché

John Cutler
Spain
Local time: 15:33
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tatty
56 mins
  -> Thanks
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