HR Glossary

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A14 terms

Absconding Agency Recruiters Applicant Absence Management Agile HR Annual Income Absenteeism Allowance Applicant Tracking System (ATS)Accrued Leave Active Candidates Applicants Per Opening Ad-Hoc Ageism

B13 terms

Background Check Biometrics Breach of Contract Basic Salary Boomerang Employees Business Continuity Planning (BCP)Benefits Package Benchmarking Bell Curve Bias Bonuses Buddy System Buddy Punching

C11 terms

Candidate Portal Compensation Cross-functional Team Career Path Contingent Worker Culture Fit Casual Leaves Continuous Feedback CV Company Culture Casual Leave Reasons

D11 terms

Data Analytics Deferred Compensation Digital Onboarding Dynamic Scheduling Duty Roster Daily Attendance Decentralised Workforce Distributed Team Management Data-Driven Decision Making Digital Employee Onboarding Digital Workforce Management

E12 terms

Employee Experience Employee Scheduling Software Employee Self-Service Employee Time Tracking Employee Training Employee Wellness End-to-End HR Solutions Electronic Timekeeping E-Documentation Entry-Level Hiring Equity Compensation Exit Interviews

F13 terms

Family Leave Feedback Systems Field Staff Management Fixed Shift Scheduling Flexible Benefits Flexible Scheduling Flexible Work Arrangements Formal Onboarding Freelancer Management Full-Time Employee Forced Absence Financial Wellness Programs Food Allowance

G13 terms

Garnishment Gender Divide General Ledger Gross Pay Group Benefits Grievance Management Growth and Development Gap Analysis Geofencing Guided Onboarding Gig Workers Government Compliance Global Payroll Management

H13 terms

Headcount Management Health and Safety Compliance Health Benefits Hourly Wage HR Compliance HR Management System Human Resource Information System (HRIS)Human Resource Planning Human Resources Analytics Hybrid Work Model Hours Worked Hiring Process hr-intern

I13 terms

Inclusive Leave Policies Incremental Pay Incentive Programs Individual Performance Metrics Individualized Shift Scheduling Integrated Payroll System Integrated Workforce Management Internal Hiring ITR (Income Tax Return) IT Declaration Intellectual Property Interactive Training Modules Interview Scheduling

J10 terms

Job Analysis Job Classification Job Description Job Fair Job Matching Job Onboarding Job Posting Job Requisition Job Rotation Job Scheduling

K8 terms

Kanban Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)Knowledge Management Kiosk-Based Time Tracking Key Roles KPI Dashboard Knowledge Transfer Kaleidoscope Workforce

L10 terms

Labour Cost Analysis Labour Laws Labour Market Trends Leadership Development Learning Management System Leave Accrual Leave of Absence Leave Policies Leave Request Leave Tracking

M11 terms

Managed Payroll Services Management Hierarchy Management Reporting Manual Shift Scheduling Manual Time Tracking Mandatory Overtime Managerial Training Maternity Benefits Maternity Leave Mobile Time Tracking Minimum Wage Compliance

N11 terms

Needs Assessment Nepotism Net Pay New Hire Turnover Non-Compete Agreement (NCA)Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)New Hire Orientation Notice Period No-Show Normal Working Hours Non-Monetary Benefits

O10 terms

Occupational Stress Offer Letter OKR (Objectives and Key Results)Onboarding One-on-one meeting Online Attendance Orientation Organizational Change Organizational Culture Overtime

P12 terms

Paid Leave Paternity Leave Pay Cycle Pay Grade Payroll Payslips Performance Management System Perks Probation Period Professional Tax Provident Fund (PF)Payroll Outsourcing

Q6 terms

Qualification Quality of Hire Quality Management Quantitative Assessment Quarterly Review Quiet Quitting

R12 terms

Redundancy Recruitment Remote Interview Resignation Restricted Holiday Resume Retention Rate Retention Strategy Rewards and Recognition (RnR)Risk Management Rotating Shift Roster Management

S11 terms

SaaS Salary Salary Breakup Salary Revision Severance Pay Sick Leave Skill Gap Stipend Succession Planning Suspension Secondment

T11 terms

Talent Talent Acquisition Talent Management Talent Pool Tax Tax Regime Taxable Income TDS Team Building Time to Hire Time Tracking

U8 terms

Unconscious Bias Unemployment Unfair Dismissal Unfair Labor Practice Universal Account Number (UAN)Unpaid Leave Upward Mobility Upskilling

V7 terms

Vacation Leave Variable Pay Vesting Period Virtual Meeting Virtual Workforce Voluntary Benefits Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS)

W11 terms

Walk-in Interview Wage Drift Warning Letter Weekly Off White-Collar Job Work-from-Home Work-Life Balance Workforce Management Workplace Bullying Workplace Stress Wrongful Termination

Y4 terms

YTD (Year-to-Date)Yield Ratio Yellow-Dog Contract Young Professional

Z4 terms

Zero Absence Policy Gen Z Zero Trust Security Zoom Fatigue

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