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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

employee welfare

German translation:

Sozialleistungen

Added to glossary by Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
Mar 16, 2008 18:55
16 yrs ago
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English term

employee welfare

English to German Marketing Medical: Health Care
Hallo
es geht um "global governance" im Zusammenhang mit Outsourcing.
Ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher, was hier unter "employee welfare" zu verstehen ist. "funds distribution" ist auch ziemlich vage.
Danke!

In addition, a global governance framework helps ensure that the outsourced operations are in compliance with legal and taxation issues, and conform to local requirements for health, security, *employee welfare*, funds distribution and the environment.
Proposed translations (German)
3 +9 Sozialleistungen

Discussion

Gisela Greenlee Mar 16, 2008:
or whatever else may be stipulated by "local requirements". At the end of the day, they are still a type of "Sozialleistung".
Gisela Greenlee Mar 16, 2008:
Aniello has to keep the translation fairly generic, since it has to conform to "local requirements" of employee welfare, whatever thay may be. For all we know, in some localities this may constitute providing meals, or mandatory exercise, time for prayers
Jonathan MacKerron Mar 16, 2008:
but this also includes safety regulations and other services offered directly by the company to its employees
Gisela Greenlee Mar 16, 2008:
Here is one definition of "employee welfare":
Welfare: Definition and additional resources from BNETWelfare: the physical and mental well-being of employees, ... Employee assistance programs are a modern form of welfare policy, although not common outsid

Proposed translations

+9
12 mins
Selected

Sozialleistungen

... dürften hier gemeint sein. Die weitergehende Bedeutung "Wohl(ergehen)" ist ja schon durch health & security abgedeckt.
Peer comment(s):
agree Gisela Greenlee : Often a specific program (LifeWorks is one company administering such programs), helping employees with various issues, such as eldercare, childcare, counselling, etc.
24 mins
agree erika rubinstein
29 mins
agree KARIN ISBELL
1 hr
agree Steffen Walter
1 hr
agree BrigitteHilgner : Das habe ich spontan auch gedacht, es passt in diesem Kontext.
2 hrs
agree Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
2 hrs
agree Brita Fiess (X)
2 hrs
agree Andreas Moster
13 hrs
agree Dr.G.MD (X)
68 days
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