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HR Glossary

Staying on top of the latest HR terms and jargon can be a challenge in your field of expertise. We understand as an HR professional you’re always looking to expand your skills and knowledge, which is why we’ve compiled an extensive HR glossary.

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A

Absconding
Absconding
Absence Management
Absent Without Leave
Absenteeism
Absenteeism Policy
Absolute Ratings
Accrued Leave
Accrued Payroll
Accrued Salary
Acqui-Hiring
Active Candidates
Ad-Hoc Payment
ADDIE Model
Adverse Impact
Affective Commitment
Affiliative Leadership
Affirmative Action Plan
Agent of Record (AOR)
AI Recruitment Tools
AI Sourcing Tools
Analytics in Hiring
Annual Leave
Applicant Pool
Applicant Tracking System
Applicant Volume
Applicants Per Opening
Application Completion Rate
Appraisal Letter
Apprentices Act
Apprenticeship
Approval Chain
Aptitude Test
Attendance Cycle
Attendance Integration
Attendance Regularization
Attrition
Attrition Rate
Authoritative Leadership
Autocratic Leadership

B

Baby Boomers
Back Pay
Back Wages
Backfill Position
Background Check
Background Verification
Balanced Scorecard
Base Pay
Basic Salary
Before Tax Deduction
Behavioral Competencies
Behavioral Competencies at Work: A Plain-English Guide for Success
Behavioral Interview
Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale
Bell Curve
Benchmarking
Bereavement Leave
Bi-Weekly Payroll
Biometric Devices
Biweekly Pay
Blended Workforce
Blue Collar Hiring
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification
Bonus
Boolean Search
Boomerang Employee
Boundaryless Organizations
Bradford Formula
Bring Your Own Device
Broadbanding
Buddy Punching
Buddy System
Bumping Rights
Bureaucratic Leadership
Business Agility
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)

C

C Level Executive
Campus Hiring
Campus Recruiting
Candidate Assessment
Candidate Engagement
Candidate Experience
Candidate Journey
Candidate Management
Candidate NPS
Candidate Persona
Candidate Pipeline
Candidate Portal
Candidate Relationship Management
Candidate Satisfaction
Candidate Sourcing
Candidates Per Hire
Career Break
Career Path Ratio
Career Plateau
Carry Forward
Casual Leave
Centralized Management
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Clawback
Co-employment
Coaching Leadership
Collaborative Hiring
Commission Pay
Comp Off
Compa Ratio
Company Culture
Company Policies
Company Policy
Compassionate Leave
Compensable Factors
Compensation Analytics
Compensation and Benefits
Compensatory Leave
Competency Based Compensation
Competency Mapping
Competitive Pay
Compliance Framework
Compliance Report
Conditions of Employment
Confidentiality Agreement
Confirmation Letter
Conflict Management
Constructive Discharge
Contemporary Organizational Design
Contingency Approach
Contingency Recruiting
Contingent Workforce
Continuance Commitment
Continuous Change
Continuous Feedback
Contract Employee
Contract Labor
Contract to Hire
Corporate Communications
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Cost Centre
Cost Per Hire
Cover Letter
Crisis Management
Cross Functional Team
Crossboarding
CTC
Culture Add
Culture Add vs Cultural Fitment
Culture Framework
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Cybervetting

D

Data Breach
Data Driven Recruitment
Dearness Allowance
Decentralization
Decentralized Management
Decentralized Organizational Structure
Deferred Compensation
Defined Benefit Plan
DEIB
Delayering
Delegative Leadership
Delphi Technique
Departmentalization
Desk Audit
Differential Pay
Digital Recruitment
Digital Transformation
Direct Hire
Direct Report
Disciplinary Actions
Disciplinary Infraction
Disciplinary Procedure
Discretionary Benefits
Discretionary Bonus
Discretionary Leave
Discretionary Time Off
Disparate Treatment
Diversity Hiring
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Divisional Structure
Downsizing
Dry Promotion
Dual Labour Market
Due Diligence
Dysfunctional Conflict

E

E-Recruitment
Earnings
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Overcompensation
Emotional Salary
Employee Allowance
Employee Appraisal
Employee Assessment
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Employee Attendance Policy
Employee Benefits Administration
Employee Churn Rate
Employee Clearance
Employee Commission
Employee Confidentiality Agreement
Employee Contract
Employee Database
Employee Deposit Linked Insurance (EDLI)
Employee Empowerment
Employee Engagement
Employee Evaluations
Employee Goals
Employee Grievance
Employee Growth Rate
Employee Handbook
Employee Induction Program
Employee Lifecycle
Employee Lifetime Value
Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS)
Employee Perks
Employee Reconciliation
Employee Recruitment
Employee Referral
Employee Relations
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
Employee Retention
Employee Satisfaction
Employee Scorecard
Employee Secondment
Employee Self-Service (ESS)
Employee Shift
Employee State Insurance (ESI)
Employee Tenure
Employee Turnover
Employee Value Proposition
Employee Welfare
Employees Provident Fund Organization
Employees State Insurance Corporation
Employer Brand
Employer Identification Number (EIN)
Employer Value Proposition
Employment
Employment at Will
Employment Contract
Employment History
Employment Status
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
Equity Theory
Essential Job Functions
Ex Gratia Payment
Executive Recruitment
Exempt Employee
Exit Interview
Expatriate
External Recruitment
Externship
Extrinsic Rewards

F

Facilitative Leadership
Factor Comparison Method
Factory Act
Feedback Model
Financial Incentives
Financial Year
Fireable Offense
Five Factor Model
Fixed Pay
Fixed Term Employment
Flat Organizational Structure
Flexible Benefits Plan
Floating Leave
FLSA Status
Food Coupons
Forced Distribution Method
Form 1096
Form 10C
Form 12B
Form 12BA
Form 12BB
Form 12C
Form 15G
Form 15H
Form 16
Form 16A
Form 19
Form 24G
Form 24Q
Form 26AS
Form I-9
Form I-9
Formal Communication
Formal Organization
Formalization
Fractional HR
Fresher Recruitment
Fringe Benefits
Front Pay
Full and Final Settlement (FnF)
Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
Functional Conflict
Functional Job Analysis
Functional Organizational Structure
Furlough

G

Gainsharing
Gamification
Gender Divide
Gender Expression
Gender Identity
Gender Wage Gap
Generation X
Geographic Pay
Ghosting
Gig Economy
Golden Handcuffs
Grapevine Communication
Gratuity
Gray Collar Jobs
Gross Misconduct
Gross Salary
Gross Wages
Gross-Up
Group Dynamics
Group Interview
GRPI Model

H

Halo Effect
Hawthorne effect
HeadHunter
Health Savings Account
Hierarchy of Needs
Hiring Freeze
Hiring Journey
Hiring Manager
Hiring Workflow
Holiday Pay
Home Office Stipend
Horizontal Organizational Structure
Horn Effect
House Rent Allowance (HRA)
HR Analytics
HR Audit
HR Automation
HR Budget
HR Business Partner
HR Chatbot
HR Compliance
HR Consulting
HR Dashboard
HR Metrics
HR Outsourcing
HR Strategy
HR Technology
Human Capital ROI
Human Process Interventions
Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management System
Hybrid Organizational Structure
Hybrid Work

I

Implicit Bias
Imputed Income
In Kind Benefits
In Mail
In-house Recruitment
In-house Training
Incentive Pay
Incentives
Inclusion
Inclusive workplace
Indirect compensation
Induction
Informal Communication
Informal Organization
Insourcing
Insurance
Intangible Rewards
Intercultural Competence
Intergroup Development
Intern
Internal Communication
Internal Job Postings
Internal Mobility
Internal Recruitment
Internship
Interview Panel
Interview to Hire Ratio
Intrinsic Rewards
Involuntary Termination

J

Job Abandonment
Job Analysis
Job Architecture
Job Benchmarking
Job Board
Job Classification
Job Description
Job Dissatisfaction
Job Enlargement
Job Enrichment
Job Evaluation
Job Family
Job Function
Job Involvement
Job Posting
Job Pricing
Job Promotion
Job Requisition
Job Role
Job Rotation
Job Seeker
Job Shadowing
Job Specialization
Job Titles

K

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Key Responsibility Area
Key Result Areas (KRAs)
Knowledge Management
Knowledge Transfer
KSAs (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

L

Labour Welfare Fund (LWF)
Last In First Out (LIFO)
Lateral Hiring
Lateral Transfer
Layoff
Leadership Development
Learning and Development (L&D)
Learning Management System
Leave Balance
Leave Credit
Leave Encashment
Leave of Absence
Leave Policy

M

Make-Up Time
Management by Objectives (MBO)
Management Styles
Management Training
Manpower Planning
Market Adjustment Raise
Marriage Leave
Maternity Leave
Matrix Organization
Mean Wage
Mentoring
Merit Increase
Merit Pay
Micro Management
Milestone award
Millennials
Minimum Wage Act
Mock Interview
Modular Organisation
Monthly Pay Period
Moonlighting
Multi-Rater Feedback
Multiposting

N

National Pension Scheme Account
Negligent Hiring
Negligent Referral
Negligent Retention
Nepotism
Net Pay
Net Salary
Network Organization
Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
Nonexempt Employee
Normative Commitment
Notice Period
Notice Period Buyout

O

Objective and Key Results (OKRs)
Observation Interview
Occupational Stress
Offer Letter
Offshoring
Ombudsman
On Demand Pay
Onboarding
One on One Meetings
Online Recruitment
Operating Budget
Organic Organizational Structures
Organisational Development Project
Organizational Change
Organizational Chart
Organizational Culture
Organizational Design
Organizational Development
Organizational Norms
Organizational Optimization
Organizational Politics
Organizational Trust
Orientation
Outsourcing Jobs
Overhead Cost
Overtime
Overtime Pay

P

Pacesetting Leadership
Paid Leave
Paid Time Off
Participative Leadership
Paternal Leave
Pay Band
Pay Compression
Pay Cycle
Pay for Performance
Pay Grade
Pay Group
Pay Mix
Payroll
Payroll Deductions
Payroll Outsourcing
Payroll Software
Payslip
Peer Appraisal
People Analytics
People Operations
Per Diem Allowance
Performance Appraisal
Performance Bonus
Performance Improvement
Performance improvement Plan (PIP)
Performance Management
Performance Management Cycle
Performance Metrics
Performance Planning
Personal Leave
Pink Collar Jobs
Point Factor Method
Pool Hiring
Pre-Employment Testing
Pre-screening
Pre-Tax Deductions
Premium Pay
Presenteeism
Privilege Leave
Probation Period
Probationary Arrangements
Process Interventions
Professional Tax
Profit per Employee
Provident Fund (PF)
Psychometric Test
PTO Accrual
PTO Rollover
Purple Squirrel
Purple Unicorn

Q

Qualified Domestic Relations Order
Quality Management
Quality of Hire
Quality of Work Life
Queen Bee Syndrome
Quid Pro Quo Harassment

R

Rate of Pay
Recency Bias
Recruiting Metrics
Recruitment
Recruitment Analytics
Recruitment Branding
Recruitment Compliance
Recruitment CRM
Recruitment Fees
Recruitment Funnel Effectiveness
Recruitment in HRM
Recruitment Marketing
Recruitment Metrics Dashboard
Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)
Recruitment Software
Reduction in Force (RIF)
Redundancy
Reference Check
Referral Rate
Reimbursement
Rejection Letter
Relational Leadership
Relieving Letter
Relocation Allowance
Relocation Bonus
Remote Interview
Remuneration
Remuneration Committee
Reporting Structure
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Resenteeism
Resignation Letter
Restricted Holidays
Resume Parsing
Retaliation
Retention Bonus
Retention Rate
Retrenchment
Retroactive Pay
Revenue per Employee
Revenue per FTE
Reverse Mentoring
Review Process
Rewards and Recognition
Right to Manage
Right to Work
Rightsizing
Risk Management
Roster Management
Rotational Training
RPO Recruitment Process

S

Sabbatical Leave
Salaried Employee
Salary Adjustment
Salary Bands
Salary Breakup
Salary Freeze
Salary Increment
Salary Midpoint
Salary Review
Salary Structure
Salting
Say on Pay
Screening
Seasonal Employment
Selection Ratio
Self Managed Teams
Self-Employment Tax
Self-evaluation
Semi Monthly Pay
Sensitive Training 
Severance Payment
Shift Bidding
Shift Differential
Short Leave
Shortlisting
Sick Leave
Simple Structure
Situational Leadership
Skill Gap
Skill Matrix
SMART Goals
Social Collaboration
Social HR
Social Media Background Screening
Social Media Recruiting
Social Networking
Social Recruitment
Soft Skills vs Hard Skills
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Source of Hire
Spot Award
Spot Bonus
Stack Ranking
Staffing
Statute of Limitations
Statutory Benefits
Statutory Compliance
Statutory Deductions
Statutory Employee
Statutory Leave
Strategic HRM
Strategic Initiatives
Strategic Planning
Strategic Recruitment
Subordinates
Succession Planning
Summary Dismissal
Supplemental Pay
Suspended
SWOT Analysis
System Changeover
Systemic Discrimination

T

Talent Acquisition
Talent Acquisition Software
Talent Attraction
Talent Development
Talent Intelligence
Talent Management
Talent Management Software
Talent Management System
Talent Pool
Talent Shrinkage
Talent Sourcing
Tangible Rewards
Tax Concept
Tax Regime
Tax Savings
Taxable Allowance
Taxable Income
Team Building
Telecommuting
Temp-to-Hire
Temporary Employee
Tenured Employee
Termination
Termination Letter
Time and a Half Pay
Time Off in Lieu (TOIL)
Time to Fill
Time to Hire
Time to Productivity
Total Compensation
Total Remuneration
Total Target Cash
Training and Development
Training Needs Analysis
Training ROI
Transformational Leadership
Transitional Employment
Turnover Cost
Turnover Rate
Types of Feedback

U

Unconscious Bias
Undue Hardship
Unemployment
Universal Account Number (UAN)
Unpaid Time Off
Untapped Talent
Upskilling
Upward Mobility

V

Vacancy Rate
Variable Pay
Verbal Reprimand
Vertical Organizational Structure
Vestibule Training
Virtual HR
Virtual Meeting
Vision Statement
Voluntary Benefits
Voluntary Provident Fund (VPF)
Voluntary Termination
Voluntary Time Off (VTO)

W

Wage Drift
Wages in Lieu of Notice
Walk-In Interview
Warning Letter
Weekly Off Policy
Welcome Aboard
Wellness Program
White-Collar Jobs
Work Behavior
Work Ethics
Work From Home (WFH)
Work-Life Balance
Workforce Analytics
Workforce Automation
Workforce Management
Workforce Planning
Workforce Segmentation
Workplace Bullying
Workplace Diversity
Workplace Flexibility
Workplace Retaliation
Wrongful Termination

Y

Yellow Dog Contract

Z

Zero Based Budgeting
Zoom Fatigue

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