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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

planta de empleos

English translation:

Staffing plan

Added to glossary by fionn
Jun 17, 2011 10:53
12 yrs ago
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Spanish term

planta de empleos

Spanish to English Social Sciences Government / Politics
"• La regulación del proceso disciplinario lo torna casi inaplicable, sumado a la débil estructura administrativa y planta de empleos de las dependencias respectiva."
"5. Las plantas de empleos, en muchos casos, no responden a las funciones asignadas a las entidades."

Again, this is a Colombia-specific term I can't find a translation for. I'm wondering if it means 'workforce', but don't know if anyone can come up with a better term for the "set of positions" in a government agency.

Many thanks, fionn
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PLANTILLA

Proposed translations

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Staffing plan; staff organization

Just another possibility--maybe check some online referrences to see if it fits your context.

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Thanks, Fionn.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "That was just the kind of expression I was looking for, thank you."
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employment program

una sugerencia basada en este contexto

Mike
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workforce structure

This would work here I think.

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I don't think there is any program here.
Peer comment(s):

agree Muriel Vasconcellos : Nice!
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Thanks Muriel.
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“public employment policy(ies)” / “public staff policy(ies)”

Según he podido interpretar de mi consulta en Internet, se refiere a los puestos de trabajo de una entidad pública determinada, por ejemplo un hospital: todos los puestos de trabajo requeridos para que dicha entidad funcione.

De acuerdo a dicha interpretación y a lo que resulta más adecuado para tu contexto –creo que hace referencia a la política de empleo de la mencionada entidad-, mi propuesta es “public employment policy(ies)” / “public staff policy(ies)”

PS: En el enlace que te adjunto, introduce "planta de empleos" en la ventana de "búsqueda" y obtendrás más información.

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workforce/civil servants/pub;ic service employees

think your option OK but if Govt employees could use either of two others

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República de Colombia. Departamento Nacional de Planeación ... empleos. Aunque la planta de personal se ha mantenido ligeramente ...
www.dnp.gov.co/PortalWeb/Portals/0/archivos/.../DEE/.../98A... - Similar

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Note added at 29 mins (2011-06-17 11:22:30 GMT)
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just noticed typo, should be PUBLIC of course!

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Note added at 10 hrs (2011-06-17 21:04:36 GMT)
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if you want a "set of" you could use "group of " or "grouping" or Dept. of" with either civil servants or public service employees as these are normally just grouped by Govt Dept or indeed by the union they belong to.
Peer comment(s):

agree James A. Walsh : "Public employees" was the first notion that came to mind.
19 mins
Thanks James:-)
agree neilmac : Sounds like they mean "plantilla"...
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Yes, thank you, think you could be right
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Reference comments

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Reference:

PLANTILLA

1) Relación ordenada por categorías de las dependencias y empleados de una oficina,servicios públicos o privados,etc.
2) Conjunto de los empleados de una empresa:
nuestra plantilla está formada por profesionales especializados.
Note from asker:
Thanks for that, you may well be right as there were several mistakes in the document
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