What is the distinction cadre/employ ?
The distinction between a “cadre” and an “employ” is very important in France, not only in legal terms, but also culturally and socially. Roughly speaking a “cadre” would correspond to a category of employees at an executive level within a corporation, and the French word “employ”(,) (not to be confused with employee in English), would correspond to the remaining category of workers who came beneath this level. The technical translation of “employee” in English would be “salari” in this context. Great care should be taken prior to appointing or promoting an employee to the status of cadre, as it could engender a number of legal ramifications for the employer, for instance relating to notice period, retirement benefits, health cover etc.
