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FREE-LANCE [3 records]

Record 1 2009-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
DEF

[An] individual who is not in a fixed and permanent employment relationship but carry out individual commissions (usually not immediate succession) on the basis of contracts for services.

OBS

In this situation, the freelance is free to choose whether or not to accept a particular commission, but he or she has no automatic legal entitlement to be granted such commissions. Freelances are not in a position of personal subordination to the person commissioning their services and are therefore not employees, but in certain circumstances they may be classed as persons treated in law as similar to employee.

Key term(s)
  • free lancer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
DEF

Personne qui est rémunérée à la pige.

OBS

Pluriel : free lances. L’adjectif est par contre invariable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trabajo y empleo
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Record 2 2003-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Performing Arts (General)
  • Sports (General)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
DEF

A representative of a talent agency, studio, production house, network, record company, sports team, etc., who looks for talent to hire, represent or promote.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Arts du spectacle (Généralités)
  • Sports (Généralités)
  • Recrutement du personnel
CONT

Scouter ou scout. Son rôle consiste essentiellement à découvrir de nouveaux talents. Certains sont attachés à une agence, d’autres sont free-lance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Artes escénicas (Generalidades)
  • Deportes (Generalidades)
  • Contratación de personal
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Record 3 1999-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Work Study

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étude du travail
DEF

Travail rémunéré au mot, à la ligne, à l’article, etc.

OBS

En France, on dit aussi : Travailler en free-lance, faire du travail free-lance.

Spanish

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