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Indemnité pécuniaire

English translation: Financial allowance/sickness (or illness)

10:08 Jan 14, 2021
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources / Legal (Luxembourg)
French term or phrase: Indemnité pécuniaire
Hi everyone,

So this is part of a list of types of income on an application form.

The full sentence is: indemnités pécuniaires/maladies.

The country is Luxembourg.

From having done extensive research on this, I've come to the conclusion that 'indemnités pécuniaires/maladies' just means sick pay.

Is that right?

Cheers,
Nick
Nicholas Isard
Spain
Local time: 21:43
English translation:Financial allowance/sickness (or illness)
Explanation:

Strictly speaking. Stricto sensu. But you are right to simplify it as sick pay (depending on the full context, of course).

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In social security, benefit is a word that is used a lot as well. Unemployment benefit, etc.

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Note added at 1 day 1 hr (2021-01-15 11:22:54 GMT)
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The EU's take on this, for the record:

https://iate.europa.eu/search/standard/result/1610709558482/...

Personally I find "pecuniary" too formal and "cash" too informal, so financial splits the difference, so to speak, between them.
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Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 21:43
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3 +5Financial allowance/sickness (or illness)
Conor McAuley
3 +2Sickness cash benefits
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Sickness cash benefits


Explanation:
For better or for worse, this could be taken as the official translation or at least one of the official ones (see references)


    https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1120&langId=en&intPageId=4678
    https://guichet.public.lu/en/entreprises/sante-securite/accident-maladie/incapacite-travail/continuation-salaire.html
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Local time: 21:43
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agree  Gladis Audi, DipTrans
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Gladis
agree  ph-b (X): Was going to quote your EU ref. before I realised you'd already done so.
7 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Financial allowance/sickness (or illness)


Explanation:

Strictly speaking. Stricto sensu. But you are right to simplify it as sick pay (depending on the full context, of course).

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs (2021-01-14 13:05:38 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------


In social security, benefit is a word that is used a lot as well. Unemployment benefit, etc.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 day 1 hr (2021-01-15 11:22:54 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

The EU's take on this, for the record:

https://iate.europa.eu/search/standard/result/1610709558482/...

Personally I find "pecuniary" too formal and "cash" too informal, so financial splits the difference, so to speak, between them.

Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 21:43
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saeed Najmi: sick pay https://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook/part-3-terms-and-con...'%20half%20pay
19 mins
  -> Thanks Saeed!
agree  Adrian MM.: vs. 'peculiar' precuniary damages: FHS Bridge, Lux etc. FRE/ENG glossary. // Indeed, but pecuniary damages as a one-size-fits-all answer is incongruous, to say the least. Otherwise, Bridge is for many of us a first 'port of call'.
38 mins
  -> Thanks Adrian! But where do you get your "peculiar" from? I love Bridge's dictionary.
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: Note that "sick pay" makes sense if the payment is being made by an employer in this Luxembourg context. As you point out, if from another source, then "benefit", "allowance", etc. will be a better fit.
1 hr
  -> Thanks Nikki! And good points, well made, thanks.
agree  Chakib Roula
1 hr
  -> Thanks Chakib!
agree  James A. Walsh
11 hrs
  -> Thanks James!
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