Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
業務手当
English translation:
allowances paid according to work types
Added to glossary by
Mari Hodges
Mar 14, 2006 15:18
18 yrs ago
4 viewers *
Japanese term
10+ years of Japanese corp. experience!
Native in: English 
Works in: Japanese to English, Spanish to English, Japanese to Spanish
業務手当
Japanese to English
Bus/Financial
Human Resources
How should this term be translated into English? It is used in 賃金規程.
Thank you for any suggestions.
Thank you for any suggestions.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | allowances paid according to work types |
kokuritsu
|
| 4 | special work stipend |
Kurt Hammond
|
| 4 | Job-related allowance |
Marc Adler
|
| 2 | sales incentive |
V N Ganesh
|
Proposed translations
+1
39 mins
Selected
allowances paid according to work types
The definition of 業務手当differs with each company.
Some even say that the allowance is no more than one
of the sundry allowances.
In a strict sense, however, the term is construed as
“allowances paid according to employees’ work
contents (or work types),” making a clear distinction with
allowances for titles (役職手当、身分手当), dependent
allowances（家族手当）, etc.
Among popular業務手当 are “outside sales allowance
営業外勤手当,” “night-work allowance（夜間勤務
手当）,” “dangerous work allowance（危険業務手当）,”
etc.
Some even say that the allowance is no more than one
of the sundry allowances.
In a strict sense, however, the term is construed as
“allowances paid according to employees’ work
contents (or work types),” making a clear distinction with
allowances for titles (役職手当、身分手当), dependent
allowances（家族手当）, etc.
Among popular業務手当 are “outside sales allowance
営業外勤手当,” “night-work allowance（夜間勤務
手当）,” “dangerous work allowance（危険業務手当）,”
etc.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you everyone! I went with 'duty allowance', but 'work allowance' would be just as good. I just wanted to differentiate it from 'work' used in other contexts."
2 hrs
special work stipend
just another suggested translation.
4 hrs
Job-related allowance
業務手当 is normally ～～業務手当 （特定業務手当、何とか技術業務手当、etc.) so there's no real term just for 業務手当 on its own. The relatively low number of hits "job-related allowance" gets reflects the ambiguous nature of the concept, but at least it gets some hits, unlike the other respondents' suggestions (which are all on the money as far as the meaning goes, though).
"Job-related allowance" is probably the best bet (i.e., most 無難な option) for your context, which probably does not elaborate on the 業務 involved.
On the other hand, if you do have info on what kind of 業務 is involved, we can probably provide you with a better answer.
"Job-related allowance" is probably the best bet (i.e., most 無難な option) for your context, which probably does not elaborate on the 業務 involved.
On the other hand, if you do have info on what kind of 業務 is involved, we can probably provide you with a better answer.
6 hrs
sales incentive
業務手当
営業職に対して、営業成績に応じて支給するインセンティブ給。「報奨手当」「営業手当」と呼ばれることもある
営業職に対して、営業成績に応じて支給するインセンティブ給。「報奨手当」「営業手当」と呼ばれることもある
Reference:
Something went wrong...