Germaine Mar 24, 2020:

Ici, "un avantage acquis et un usage" est utilisé dans le sens de "droit acquis" = un avantage qui ne peut être remis en cause par de nouvelles règles ou pratiques (an acquired benefit) et qui fait partie des pratiques usuelles. Dans ce sens, je dirais "...do not considerer the profit-sharing amount [bonus?] paid as an acquired and customary benefit [right?] - as Timothy puts it - or may be, "as an accrued and customary right" (a right that has become so fixed that it is not subject to being divested without consent of the owner).

D'ailleurs, à ma connaissance, ces régimes d'intéressement ne sont pas légion et ils comprennent tous des clauses qui garantissent à l'employeur qu'il peut mettre fin au régime à son entière discrétion.

Je n'utiliserais pas "vested benefit" - ni "vested interest" - qui pourrait porter à confusion dans ce régime, puisque les droits à l'intéressement font certainement l'objet de vesting conditions.

Daryo Mar 24, 2020:

A "standard practice" - the way I ever heard it used - is some industry-wide usual / default way of doing things - a kind of "standard", often a very formal standard. A "standard" would apply over a long period of time to a whole sector of activity, not just to two parties for maybe a limited period of time (as "l'usage" would imply).

Just realised what I said is a variation on "L'usage is normally "local" and not across the industry" ...

Timothy Rake Mar 24, 2020:

@Daryo I respect your remarks and your right to disagree. However, if you want to make a comment in the discussion section, that's the appropriate way to do so as a responder to the question. What I view as a little less than appropriate is to post a "disagree" on another answerer's response when you yourself have contributed as an answerer. I suppose I could do likewise with your response, in order to "ding" the "vote tally" for another answer. I don't believe that's how Kudoz should function. I haven't in the past, nor would I ever do so. In deciding KUDOZ, I believe that what IS appropriate is that third-parties decide who has posted the most viable option.

SafeTex Mar 23, 2020:

@ Tim I think you may be right and I got a case of second language interference. Customary could be the answer as you say.

Timothy Rake Mar 23, 2020:

@SafeTex semantics? in no way a "standard practice"? I would advocate that a custom is standard practice and in this case is more appropriate in a business setting than "custom." Although, I would also argue that perhaps "CUSTOMARY" could be appropriate in this case: "an acquired and customary benefit."

SafeTex Mar 23, 2020:

standard pratice v custom Hello

On this, I've loads of experience as I was a staff and Trade Union representative in France for 8 years.

L'usage is normally "local" and not across the industry, can be very specific to one particular job or person, often arises without a formal addendum to the contract, and can sometimes be withdrawn.

For me, it's a "custom" and in no way a "standard practice"

Regards