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représentation sociale

English translation: employee/labour representation

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French term or phrase:représentation sociale
English translation:employee/labour representation
Entered by: Thomas Miles

17:31 Feb 15, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Business/Commerce (general) / statutes
French term or phrase: représentation sociale
Within the statutes of an joint-stock company we find a section entitled "Représentation social", covering the management's relationship with the "comité d'entreprise".

Having confidently used the adjective "corporate" to translate other instances of "social, -e" in the text (corporate purpose, form, activities, decisions), I wanted to check I am right in deviating to "workforce representation" in this particular case.

Extracts from the article:
"Les délégués du comité d'entreprise ... exercent les droits précvus par les articles L.2323.62 à L.2323.67 du Code du travail auprès du Président [qui] les réunira une fois par trimestre ... Le comité d'entreprise doit être informé des décisions collectives ... projets présentés par le comité d'entreprises ..."

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Thomas Miles
France
Local time: 03:16
employee representation
Explanation:
See, for example, "dialogue social" and " bilan social" in my reference.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2019-02-15 22:45:05 GMT)
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http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/social
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philgoddard
United States
Grading comment
Thanks again for guiding me in the right direction.
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4 +3employee representation
philgoddard
5 -2social representation
Medhat Mohammed


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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -2
social representation


Explanation:
social representation

Medhat Mohammed
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: very convincing refs to back 100% confidence
1 hr

disagree  AllegroTrans: Dictionary translation doesn't work here, wrong context completely
1 day 5 hrs

disagree  Stephanie Kantorski: faux ami, does not mean anything in English
4 days
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
employee representation


Explanation:
See, for example, "dialogue social" and " bilan social" in my reference.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2019-02-15 22:45:05 GMT)
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http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/social

philgoddard
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 295
Grading comment
Thanks again for guiding me in the right direction.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for that confirmation. This should be a useful addition to the glossary too.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Victoria Britten
15 hrs

agree  Daryo: yes, it's that kind of "social".
20 hrs

agree  AllegroTrans: You could also say "labour representation"
1 day 40 mins

agree  Eliza Hall: Yes. Look up "les partenaires sociaux" -- in the business context, that's employers, employees and the government. http://www.toupie.org/Dictionnaire/Partenaires_sociaux.htm
1 day 6 hrs

disagree  Stephanie Kantorski: "labo(u)r or union representation" because management are employees too ;-)
3 days 20 hrs
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