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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Memo pack article

English answer:

information letter sent to employees

Added to glossary by K S (X)
Aug 10, 2010 22:44
13 yrs ago
English term

Memo pack article

English Law/Patents Human Resources
Further to the Memo pack article where we announced that all employees are entitled to 5.6 weeks holiday a year (including Bank holidays), you will be receiving holiday planner cards.

Any idea what that is? Any help much appreciated!
Responses
3 +1 information letter sent to employees
4 Further to the article in the Memo pack

Discussion

British Diana Aug 11, 2010:
Freshers' Pack The use of this word to mean a collected package of helpful information for people in a new situation is quite widespread. If you google "Freshers Pack" ,you will find plenty of references to the info that new students (in BE "Freshers") receive from their uni. And one item of information could well be an article on holidays.
K S (X) (asker) Aug 10, 2010:
@Ann I know what you mean. I used to get one of those when I had a contract job. I think there is something not quite right with the sentence structure.
Travelin Ann Aug 10, 2010:
Any possibility of missing punctuation/characters?
I'm thinking something like, "Further to the memo pack, Article X..."
Memo pack being something like a set of communications to staff - short of an employee handbook, but more than a single sheet memo.
Just an idea.
airmailrpl Aug 10, 2010:
5.6 weeks holiday a year ?? I need that job !!

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information letter sent to employees

"Memo" suggests "please read this".
"Pack" suggests a substantial amount of information.
"Article" suggests that it is of general interest.

This is a communication from the Human Resources department.


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Note added at 31 mins (2010-08-10 23:16:29 GMT)
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"Article" probably refers to a specific article in the memo pack (as Ann has suggested). The memo pack is divided into articles and one of them deals with holidays.

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Note added at 41 mins (2010-08-10 23:26:40 GMT)
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As airmailrpl has said, this supposedly relates to an "article" (an item, clause, paragraph etc. ) in the memo. The memo in question is a "pack" suggesting a lot of information and therefore some sort of structure, in this case a series of articles.
Note from asker:
Thank you for your help. Yes, I understand the first bit. I am only confused about the word "Article". Why would someone include an article in the memo?
That's interesting. Thank you. When you say "divided into articles" you mean points/separate ideas/clauses or a larger piece of writing, like a newspaper/magazine article?
Peer comment(s):
agree British Diana : This is exactly it and I can see nothing wrong with the sentence. "Pack" here just means the information which is collated and provided as a whole for each new employee. But you must mention that the letter/article was in the original information package
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks for your help!"
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Further to the article in the Memo pack

Further to the Memo pack article => Further to the article in the Memo pack (Memo pack being the name of the company's communication sheet)
Note from asker:
Thank you for your feedback!
Peer comment(s):
neutral Craig Meulen : How do you know that is a name ?
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How do you know that it isn't a name ??
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