bedienden

English translation: white-collar workers

21:23 Jul 21, 2020
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources / Belgian Dutch
Dutch term or phrase: bedienden
De werknemer wordt tewerkgesteld onder een arbeidsovereenkomst voor bedienden geregeld door de wet van 3 juli 1978.

not sure if bedienden here is white collar workers or servants - they seem like opposites.
Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 11:54
English translation:white-collar workers
Explanation:
Clearly white-collar workers. There is a difference between white-collar (bediende) and blue-collar workers (arbeider) legally (payment and holidays).
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Kirsten Bodart
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:54
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5 +4white-collar workers
Kirsten Bodart
3white-collar workers
Kitty Brussaard
3employees
Marijke Singer


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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
white-collar workers


Explanation:
Clearly white-collar workers. There is a difference between white-collar (bediende) and blue-collar workers (arbeider) legally (payment and holidays).

Kirsten Bodart
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: basic Belgian/Flemish terminology
2 hrs

agree  Barend van Zadelhoff
5 hrs

agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
18 hrs

agree  Elsje Apostel: helemaal eens
20 hrs
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
bedienden [Belgian labour law]
white-collar workers


Explanation:
arbeidsovereenkomst voor bedienden = (Belgian) employment contract for white-collar workers

https://www.belgium.be/nl/werk/arbeidscontract/soorten_contr...

https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/1-503-2613?transi...
https://www.companyformationbelgium.com/the-employment-contr...

Kitty Brussaard
Netherlands
Local time: 10:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 75
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employees


Explanation:
I do not think it is necessary to include any translation in your context since employment contract already infers some kind of employee.

Marijke Singer
Spain
Local time: 10:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 32
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