A Glossary of HR Terminology

A comprehensive guide to navigate essential HR terms, from onboarding to offboarding, covering employment contracts, performance management, and diversity initiatives, designed to streamline your HR processes and understanding.

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Abilene Paradox

Abilene Paradox

Absence Management

Absence Management

Adverse Weather Leave

Adverse Weather Leave

Age Discrimination

Age Discrimination

Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking

Annual Leave

Annual Leave

Applicant Tracking System

Applicant Tracking System

Asynchronous communication

Asynchronous communication

Attrition

Attrition

Base Salary

Base Salary

Behavioural Interview

Behavioural Interview

Benchmarking

Benchmarking

Bereavement leave

Bereavement leave

Bi-weekly payroll

Bi-weekly payroll

Business Casual Attire

Business Casual Attire

Business Continuity Planning

Business Continuity Planning

Career Path

Career Path

Casual Leaves

Casual Leaves

Collective bargaining

Collective bargaining

Commission Pay

Commission Pay

Compa-ratio

Compa-ratio

Compensatory Leave

Compensatory Leave

Constructive dismissal

Constructive dismissal

Contingent worker

Contingent worker

Contract employee

Contract employee

Core competencies

Core competencies

Cost Benefit Analysis

Cost Benefit Analysis

Cost of living adjustment

Cost of living adjustment

Counter offer

Counter offer

Cross-Functional Teams

Cross-Functional Teams

Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing

DEIB

DEIB

Deduction

Deduction

Defined Contribution Plan

Defined Contribution Plan

Defined benefit plan

Defined benefit plan

Direct Hire

Direct Hire

Disciplinary Action

Disciplinary Action

Downsizing

Downsizing

Due Diligence

Due Diligence

EAP

EAP

EEO

EEO

Employee Experience

Employee Experience

Employee Handbook

Employee Handbook

Employee Management Software

Employee Management Software

Employee Onboarding

Employee Onboarding

Employee Referral

Employee Referral

Employee Relations

Employee Relations

Employee Retention

Employee Retention

Employee Retention Tax Credit

Employee Retention Tax Credit

Employee Turnover

Employee Turnover

Employee evaluation

Employee evaluation

Employer Branding

Employer Branding

Employer payroll taxes

Employer payroll taxes

Employment Agreement

Employment Agreement

Employment History

Employment History

Equity Theory

Equity Theory

Equity vs Equality

Equity vs Equality

Evidence Of Insurability

Evidence Of Insurability

Executive Coaching

Executive Coaching

Executive Recruiter

Executive Recruiter

Exempt Employee

Exempt Employee

Floating Holiday

Floating Holiday

Fringe Benefits

Fringe Benefits

Full-Time Hours

Full-Time Hours

Functional Resume

Functional Resume

Glass Ceiling

Glass Ceiling

Gross Misconduct

Gross Misconduct

Gross Pay

Gross Pay

Group interview

Group interview

HR Generalist

HR Generalist

HR Software

HR Software

HR Strategy

HR Strategy

HR Tech

HR Tech

HR business partner

HR business partner

HRIS (Human Resource Information System)

HRIS (Human Resource Information System)

HRM

HRM

HRMS

HRMS

Hard Skills

Hard Skills

Hawthorne Effect

Hawthorne Effect

Headhunter

Headhunter

Holiday Pay

Holiday Pay

Home Office

Home Office

Hostile Work Environment

Hostile Work Environment

Hourly to Annual Salary

Hourly to Annual Salary

Hourly to Salary

Hourly to Salary

Human Capital

Human Capital

Human Capital Management (HCM)

Human Capital Management (HCM)

Impute

Impute

Incidence Rate

Incidence Rate

Insubordination

Insubordination

Job Offer Letter

Job Offer Letter

Job Requisition

Job Requisition

Job Shadowing

Job Shadowing

KPIs

KPIs

Labor Certification

Labor Certification

Labor Cost

Labor Cost

Leadership Development

Leadership Development

Leave Of Absence

Leave Of Absence

Leave of Religious Observance

Leave of Religious Observance

Letter of Termination

Letter of Termination

Maternity Leave

Maternity Leave

Matrix Organization

Matrix Organization

Medical Leave Of Absence

Medical Leave Of Absence

Merit Increase

Merit Increase

Merit Pay

Merit Pay

Micromanagement

Micromanagement

Minimum Wage

Minimum Wage

Net Pay

Net Pay

New Hire Orientation

New Hire Orientation

New Hire Report

New Hire Report

Non-Discrimination Testing

Non-Discrimination Testing

Offboarding

Offboarding

Org Chart

Org Chart

Organizational Development

Organizational Development

Orientation

Orientation

Outplacement

Outplacement

P And L Statement

P And L Statement

Paid Holidays

Paid Holidays

Panel Interview

Panel Interview

Parental Leave

Parental Leave

Paternity Leave

Paternity Leave

Pay Period

Pay Period

Payroll Deduction

Payroll Deduction

Payroll Software

Payroll Software

People Management

People Management

Performance Appraisal

Performance Appraisal

Performance Management

Performance Management

Probationary Period

Probationary Period

Public Holidays

Public Holidays

Religious Holidays

Religious Holidays

Remote Work Policy

Remote Work Policy

Rightsizing

Rightsizing

Sabbatical Leave

Sabbatical Leave

Salaried Employee

Salaried Employee

Salaried Non-Exempt

Salaried Non-Exempt

Short Term Disability

Short Term Disability

Sick Leave

Sick Leave

Situational Leadership

Situational Leadership

Skill Set

Skill Set

Statutory Employee

Statutory Employee

Stay Interview

Stay Interview

Succession Plan

Succession Plan

Succession Planning

Succession Planning

Supplemental Pay

Supplemental Pay

Talent Acquisition

Talent Acquisition

Talent Management

Talent Management

Tax Levy

Tax Levy

Telecommuting 

Telecommuting 

Total Quality Management

Total Quality Management

Transformational Leadership

Transformational Leadership

Tuition Reimbursement

Tuition Reimbursement

Turnover Rate

Turnover Rate

Underwriter

Underwriter

Unlimited PTO

Unlimited PTO

Upward Mobility

Upward Mobility

Vacancy

Vacancy

Virtual Meeting

Virtual Meeting

Voluntary Benefits

Voluntary Benefits

Work Ethic

Work Ethic

Work Permit

Work Permit

Workforce Management

Workforce Management

Workforce Planning

Workforce Planning

Wrongful Termination

Wrongful Termination

Year to Date (YTD)

Year to Date (YTD)

Zero-Hour Contract

Zero-Hour Contract