Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

demissão por extinção do cargo

English translation:

being made redundant

Added to glossary by T o b i a s
Feb 19, 2014 15:22
10 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

Demissão por extinção do cargo

Portuguese to English Tech/Engineering Electronics / Elect Eng
Processo na vara do trabalho. A empresa demitiu um funcionário antigo que entrou na Justiça pleiteando indenização.

O motivo alegado, "demissão por extinção do cargo", na verdade não se aplica ao caso do Reclamante, conforme evidenciado a seguir, sendo na verdade e claramente um mero artifício utilizado pela Reclamada para...
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Feb 20, 2014 18:15: T o b i a s Created KOG entry

Discussion

Mario Freitas (asker) Feb 20, 2014:
Thank you all! I thought Tobias's suggestions fit better into the text.
Mario Freitas (asker) Feb 19, 2014:
É o que eu acho, Ena. Nick, I'm not sure the reason for extinguishing the post is downsizing. The context is not clear about that.
Ena Smith Feb 19, 2014:
Então se é para o Canadá (influência britânica), o mais adequado pode ser o meu termo ou do Tobias.

Ex: No specific redundancy payment. An employee whose employment is terminated by way of redundancy will be entitled to severance pay as provided in sec. 235 CLC.

Source: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/eplex/termdisplay.severancePay?p_lang...
Mario Freitas (asker) Feb 19, 2014:
Nesse caso a tradução é para uma empresa Canadense. É só para eles entenderem mesmo.
T o b i a s Feb 19, 2014:
Usado menos nos EU, porém.
Mario Freitas (asker) Feb 19, 2014:
Tobias Acho que este é o termo, pelo que eu vi. Vamos esperar as opiniões dos colegas. Obrigado.

Proposed translations

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made redundant

UK

Redundant generally means that they have no job for you now, but it's not your fault and it does not mean you have done anything wrong. You should get a reasonable reference, I would hope
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2010042705555...

Don’t forget to cover the insurance problem. You don’t want to be left uninsured. Will your company aid you in finding new employment if you were made redundant?
http://www.businessblogshub.com/2010/06/what-to-do-after-you...

IT managers at SMEs will be made redundant in the next five years and replaced by a financial director or CIO, according to the MD of data centre provider City Lifeline, Roger Keenan.
Keenan told Computing that in-house data centres are "dying a slow lingering death", and suggested that at the same time the role of in-house IT managers and IT technicians will disappear.
http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2289958/it-managers-at-s...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Foi a sugestão mais adequada. Obrigado, Tobias!"
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laid off because the position no longer exists

Laid off is used in the US. In British English, being made redundant or redundancy rights.
Peer comment(s):

agree Patricia Franco : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termination_of_employment Laid off due reduction of force or position termination
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redundancy

Peer comment(s):

agree Filipa Plant dos Santos : This is good! also of course - made redundant - would be used depending on the sentence.
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agree T o b i a s
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made redundant due to down-sizing

made redundant due to down-sizing
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Dismissal due to abolishment of position?

http://ecode360.com/8258371
Note from asker:
Obrigado, Luciano.
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Anitsa : Ok too, but I'd say lay-off due to abolishment of position.
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