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Human Resource
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Explore the Human Resources Glossary for HR Professionals, a glossary designed to assist HR departments, HR professionals, business leaders, and all employees in making informed decisions about their workplace. This glossary contains all of the most frequently used HR words along with their definitions, importance, and legal compliance.
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AAppointment Letter
The appointment letter, which is a formal written document provided by an employer to a chosen candidate as confirmation of employment from that organisation.
Read More...BBackground Check
A Background Check involves verifying a candidate’s personal, educational, and employment information before and after they have been hired.
Read More...BBasic Salary
An employee's fixed basic salary forms the core of the employee's salary, before adding any allowances, bonusing or incentives.
Read More...AAPI
An application programming interface (API) is a standard protocol that provides a set of rules for how different pieces of software interact with each other.
Read More...AAgile HR
Agile HR is a modern way to manage human resources that uses agile principles to support flexibility and collaboration in how HR teams operate.
Read More...BBalanced Scorecard
The Balanced Scorecard provides a strategy for managing performance within an organisation based on various measures, such as financial and non-financial indicators.
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A
- Abilene Paradox
- Absconding
- Absence Management
- Absence Management Policy
- Absent Without Leave (AWOL)
- Absenteeism
- Absenteeism Policy
- Accessibility
- Accountability
- Accrued Leave
- Acqui Hiring
- Action item
- Action Plan
- Actual Deferred Percentage(ADP)
- Ad Hoc
- Ad-Hoc Payment
- Adaptive Device
- ADDIE Model
- Administrative Services Only(ASO)
- Adverse Impact
- Affinity Bias
- Affirmative Action Plan (AAP)
- Affordable Care Act(ACA)
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
- Ageism
- Agency Recruiters
- Agile HR
- Agile Organization
- Alignment
- Allowance
- Ally
- Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR)
- Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA)
- AML/CFT
- Analytical Thinking
- Annual Income
- Annualized Salary
- Annuity
- API
- Applicable Large Employer (ALE)
- Applicant
- Applicant Completion Rate
- Applicant Tracking System
- Appointment Letter
- Appraisal
- Appraisal letters
- Apprentice
- Apprentices Act
- Apprenticeship
- Approval Chain
- Aptitude Testing
- Arrears
- Assessment
- Assessment Centres
- Assessment Year
- At-Will Employment
- Attendance Integration
- Attendance management system
- Attendance Policy
- Attendance Regularization
- Attrition
- Attrition Rate
- Audit
- Automated Clearing House(ACH)
B
- Baby Boomer
- Back Pay
- Backfill
- Background and Pre-Employment Screening
- Background Check
- Background Verification
- Backup Server
- Balance Of Payments (BOP)
- Balance Score Card (BSC)
- Bank Statement
- Base wage rate
- Basic Pay
- Basic Salary
- Basket Technique
- Before Tax Deduction
- Behavioral Competency
- Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale
- Behavioural Interview
- Bell Curve
- Bell Curve Appraisal
- Benchmarking
- Bereavement Leave
- Big Data
- Biometric
- Biweekly Pay
- Blended Workforce
- Blockers
- Blue collar workers
- Bona Fide Occupational Qualification
- Bonus
- Boolean Search
- Boomerang Employee
- Bootstrapping
- Bottom-Up Alignment
- Bradford Formula
- Brain Drain
- Bring Your Own Device
- Broadbanding
- Buddy System
- Budget
- Bumping
- Bumping Rights
- Business Agility
- Business As Usual (B.A.U.)
- Business Continuity Planning
- Business Necessity
- Business Partnership
- Business Process Outsourcing (Bpo)
C
- C-Level Executive
- C-Level Jobs
- Cadence
- Calibration
- Campus Hiring
- Candidate
- Candidate Call Back Rate
- Candidate Engagement
- Candidate Experience
- Candidate Journey
- Candidate Management
- Candidate Persona
- Candidate Portal
- Candidate Satisfaction
- Candidate-Centric Recruiting
- Candidates Per Hire
- Career Break
- Career Path
- Career Path Ratio
- Career Plateau
- Carry Forward
- Cascading Goals
- Casual Leave
- Catfish
- Caucus
- Certificate of Good Standing
- Certified Payroll Professional
- Cess
- Challan
- Change Management
- Check-Ins
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
- Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- Chief Operating Officer (COO)
- Churn Rate
- Clickbait
- Co-employment
- Coaching
- Commission
- Commit OKR
- Compa Ratio
- Company Code of Conduct
- Company Culture
- Company Perks
- Company Policy
- Compassionate Leave
- Compensation
- Compensation Analytics
- Compensation and Benefits
- Compensation Management Objectives
- Compensation Management Planning
- Compensation Plan
- Compensatory Off (Comp Off)
- Compensatory Time-Off (Comp-Off)
- Competency
- Competency Mapping
- Competency-Based Pay
- Compliance
- Compliance Framework
- Compliance Reports
- Compressed Work Schedule
- Conditions of Employment
- Confidentiality Agreement
- Confirmation Letter
- Conflict Management
- Consolidated Statement
- Constructive Discharge
- Contingency Recruiting
- Contingent Worker
- Continuous Feedback
- Continuous Feedback & Recognition (CFR)
- Contract Employee
- Contract Labour Act
- Core Competencies
- Core Values
- Corporate Communication
- Corporate Identification Number (CIN)
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- Cost Centres
- Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA)
- Cost Per Hire
- Cost to Company (CTC)
- Cover Letter
- Credit Voucher
- Crisis Management
- Cross-Functional Team
- CTC (Cost to Company)
- Culture Add
- Culture Fit
- Custom Career Pages
- Customer Journey Mapping
- Customer Retention Rate
- CV (Curriculum Vitae)
D
- Data Breach
- Data-Driven Recruitment
- Database Management
- De Minimis Rule
- Dearness Allowance
- Decentralization
- Deduction
- Defamation
- Default
- Deferred Compensation
- Delayering
- Delphi Technique
- Dependent Care Benefits
- Desk Audit
- Development
- Digital Transformation
- Direct Deposit
- Direct Hire
- Direct Reports
- Disability Leave
- Disciplinary Action
- Disciplinary Procedure
- Discretionary Bonus
- Disengaged Employees
- Disparate Effect
- Disparate Treatment
- Disposable Earnings
- Disregarded Entity
- Diversity
- Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
- Diversity Hiring
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
- Downshifting
- Downsizing
- Dry Promotion
- Dual Labour Market
- Due Diligence
- Dunning
