English translation of "le personnel d'astreinte" - "on call staff/employees"

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190 months ago

Enow Taku (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Business / Marketing / Financial
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	le personnel d'astreinte
Context:	cela comprend l'Assistant(e) du Directeur General, le chauffeur du D.G etc.
Keywords:	personnel au poste de responsabilité et sans poste

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190 months ago

wrote:

Staff employees

190 months ago

wrote:

on call staff/employees

My references:

Collins Robert Unabridged French/English Dictionary

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190 months ago

wrote:

on call personnel

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190 months ago

wrote:

That's the common usage in the US anyway

190 months ago

wrote:

That's the common usage in the US anyway

190 months ago

wrote:

stand-by personnel

My comment:

These are personnel who may be staying at their homes, but who are required to be on call in the event of an emergency

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190 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

This explanation proves wrong here, or have you ever heared of a P.A. waiting at home on call? And what are "emergencies" in business? On the medical sector, in hospitals etc. yes, but here?

190 months ago

Jennifer White wrote:

Well, I can see nothing wrong with this. Plenty of people are "on call" in every sector.

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