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Subject to being confirmed in your position

English translation: Provided that your position in the company (your job) has been confirmed....

00:22 Nov 28, 2005
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Law: Contract(s) / contract
English term or phrase: Subject to being confirmed in your position
5. SICK LEAVE
Subject to being confirmed in your position and upon production of a medical certificate from our Company-appointed clinic or from a Government polyclinic or Government hospital:
(a) you are eligible for paid sick leave not exceeding fourteen days in each calendar year, or
(b) the employee shall be allowed paid sick leave not exceeding sixty days in each calendar year if hospitalization is necessary.

What does 'Subject to being confirmed in your position' mean?
Edward LIU
Canada
Local time: 14:56
Selected answer:Provided that your position in the company (your job) has been confirmed....
Explanation:
It may be that these sick benefits do not go into effect until the employee's tenure of the position (the job) has been established (confirmed) by successfully completing a trial period of employment.



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Note added at 40 mins (2005-11-28 01:03:19 GMT)
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Aside from the wording being just too grotesque, I do not believe that the clause refers to confirmation of the employee's illness because that would make the second clause redundant.
Selected response from:

Michael Barnett
Local time: 14:56
Grading comment
Thanks very much to Michael Barnett and other contributors.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +12Provided that your position in the company (your job) has been confirmed....
Michael Barnett
5 +2The employee who is sick must inform the employer and also...
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
5 +2once you become a permanent employee
bigedsenior
3 +1verfication of employment
Rebecca Barath
4After confirming your employment in the capacity of and then producing a medical certificate from...
Carmen Schultz


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
subject to being confirmed in your position
The employee who is sick must inform the employer and also...


Explanation:
produce (or send) a medical certificate.

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Note added at 6 mins (2005-11-28 00:29:30 GMT)
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If the employee does not inform the employer and does not send a mediacal certificate then sick leave will not be paid for by the company.

Subject to in this case is a clause in the employment contract and the above explains what it means exactly.

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Note added at 7 mins (2005-11-28 00:30:52 GMT)
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Pardon. I mean medical certificate.

Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 20:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Romanian Translator (X)
8 mins
  -> Thank you
agree  David Hollywood
16 mins
  -> Thanks
neutral  Kim Metzger: But he wants to know what "confirmed in your position" means.
35 mins
neutral  RHELLER: as Kim said, nothing above deals with "confirmed in your position"
1 hr
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
subject to being confirmed in your position
verfication of employment


Explanation:
yes, I agree with statement that the employee has to notify the employer if he/she is sick. However,this looks to be from an employee manual, and for accounting to be able to pay the wages,it is stated that the persons position has to actually be verified before said sick leave will be paid.

Rebecca Barath
United States
Local time: 11:56
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: I don't know if "verified" is the right word. Approved would be closer.
2 mins
  -> Thanx,and approved or confirmed would prob.be better
neutral  RHELLER: I have a degree in HR - I have never heard of such a thing
33 mins
  -> :) Well I guess I meant what Michael said!!!
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +12
subject to being confirmed in your position
Provided that your position in the company (your job) has been confirmed....


Explanation:
It may be that these sick benefits do not go into effect until the employee's tenure of the position (the job) has been established (confirmed) by successfully completing a trial period of employment.



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Note added at 40 mins (2005-11-28 01:03:19 GMT)
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Aside from the wording being just too grotesque, I do not believe that the clause refers to confirmation of the employee's illness because that would make the second clause redundant.

Michael Barnett
Local time: 14:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks very much to Michael Barnett and other contributors.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rebecca Barath: ooops, was typing when you posted....:)
5 mins
  -> Thanks Becky!
agree  Christian
5 mins
  -> Thanks Christian!
agree  Kim Metzger
7 mins
  -> Thanks Kim!
agree  Rajinder Arora
14 mins
  -> Thanks Rajinder!
agree  RHELLER: trial period or perhaps this person has just been hired and hasn't started working yet
36 mins
  -> Thanks Rita!
agree  Rocío Silveira de Andrade
7 hrs
  -> Thanks! ;-)
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
9 hrs
  -> Thank you Marju! ;-)
agree  KathyT
9 hrs
  -> Thanbks Kathy. ;-)
agree  Tania Marques-Cardoso
11 hrs
  -> Thanks Tania. ;-)
agree  Jack Doughty
11 hrs
  -> Thank you Jack!
agree  Shane London
1 day 12 hrs
  -> Thanks Shane!
agree  Sonia Soros
1 day 13 hrs
  -> Thank you Sonia!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
subject to being confirmed in your position
After confirming your employment in the capacity of and then producing a medical certificate from...


Explanation:
After confirming your employment in the capacity of XXX and then producing a medical certificate from. . .

Carmen Schultz
Local time: 13:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
subject to being confirmed in your position
once you become a permanent employee


Explanation:
A lot of companies have a trial period for new employees and benefits are not offered until they become permanent.

bigedsenior
Local time: 11:56
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rocío Silveira de Andrade
4 hrs
  -> thanks, Rocio
agree  KathyT
6 hrs
  -> thanks, Kathy T
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