日前，廣州媒體“臥底”曝光麥當(dāng)勞、肯德基等洋快餐店違規(guī)用工，其鐘點(diǎn)工的工資低于非全日制職工最低小時(shí)工資標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。此外，洋快餐連鎖店還被指控犯有“不為兼職工繳納工傷保險(xiǎn)、故意延長(zhǎng)兼職工試用期”等六宗罪。
    請(qǐng)看《中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)》相關(guān)報(bào)道：A popular local newspaper claimed that the US fast-food giants are violating China's labor laws by under-paying part-time workers by up to 40 per cent in their local chains.
    "The fast-food chains have also asked the part-timers to work longer than the maximum five hours a day, deliberately refused to sign labor contracts or insure them against workplace injuries, and prolonged their probationary periods."
    報(bào)道中的“probationary period”就是求職者必須經(jīng)歷的"試用期"，也可寫做“probation period”、“probationary employment period”或“trial period”。
    “Probation”在此指“（以觀后效的）查看”，也可和介詞“on”連用，表示“在試用期”，如：We'll have to take you on one month's probation first（我們得先試用你一個(gè)月）；He is a mechanic on probation（他是個(gè)見習(xí)機(jī)械工）。
    此外，probation常用來(lái)指“緩刑”，如：three years' probation under suspended sentence of one year's imprisonment（一年有期徒刑緩刑三年）。