Glossary

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A

Absconding

Absolute Ratings

Abilene Paradox

Absence Management

AWOL (Absent Without Leave)

Absenteeism

Accrued Leave

Ageism

Affirmative Action Plan (AAP)

Ad-Hoc Payment

Active Candidates

Acqui-Hiring

Agency Recruiters

Agile HR

ALE (Applicable Large Employer)

Allowance

Analytical Thinking

Analytics in Hiring

Annual Income

Annual Quota

Annuity

API

Applicant

Applicant Volume

Applicants Per Opening

Application Completion Rate

Appointment Letter

Appraisal

Apprentices Act

Apprenticeship

Approval Chain

Aptitude Testing

Arrears

Assessment Year

Assessments

Attendance Cycle

Attendance Integration

Attendance Policy

Attendance Regularization

Attrition Rate

Audit

B

Baby Boomers

Backfill

Background Screening (Pre-Employment Screening)

Backup Server

Balance of Payments (BoP)

Balanced Scorecard (BSC)

Bank Statement

Basic Salary

Before-Tax Deduction

Behavioral Competency

Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale (BARS)

Behavioural Interview

Bell Curve

Benchmarking

Bereavement Leave

Biometric

Biweekly Pay

Blended Workforce

Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)

Bonus

Boolean Search

Boomerang Employee

Bradford Formula

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

Buddy System

Buddy Punching

Budget

Bumping

Business Agility

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)

C

C-Level Executive

C-Level Jobs

Calibration

Campus Hiring

Candidate

Candidate Call Back Rate

Candidate-Centric Recruiting

Candidate Engagement

Candidate Experience

Candidate Journey

Candidate Management

Candidate Persona

Candidate Portal

Candidate Satisfaction

Candidates Per Hire

Career Break

Career Path Ratio

Career Plateau

Carry Forward

Casual Leave

Caucus

CEO vs COO

Cess

Challans

Change Management

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Churn Rate

Coaching

Commission

Comp Off

Compa Ratio

Company Culture

Company Policy

Compensation

Compensation Analytics

Competency

Competency-Based Pay

Compliance Framework

CoachingCompliance Reports

Conditions of Employment

Confirmation Letter

Conflict Management

Consolidated Statement

Contingency Approach

Contingent Worker

Continuous Candidate Engagement (CCE)

Continuous Feedback

Contract Labor Act

Core Values

Corporate Communication

Corporate Identification Number (CIN)

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Cost Centre

Cost Per Hire

CTC (Cost to Company)

Cover Letter

Credit Voucher

Crisis Management

Cross-Functional Teams

Culture Add

Culture Fit

Custom Career Pages

CV (Curriculum Vitae) / Resume

D

Data-Driven Recruitment

Database Management

Dearness Allowance

Decentralization

Deductions

Data Breach

Defamation

Deferred Compensation

Delayering

Delphi Technique

Desk Audit

Development

Difference Between Gross Income and Net Income

Difference Between Gross Profit and Net Profit

Difference Between Job Specification and Job Description

Differences Between Formal and Informal Communication

Differences Between Training and Development

Digital Transformation

Direct Hire

Disciplinary Action

Discretionary Bonus

Disparate Treatment

Diversity Hiring

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

Downsizing

Dry Promotion

Dual Labour Market

Due Diligence

E

E-Recruitment

Earnings

EDLI (Employees' Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme)

EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management)

ECR (Electronic Challan cum Return)

Electronic Signature

Emotional Intelligence

Employee Assessment

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Employee Benefits Administration

Employee Branding

Employee Contract

Employee Engagement

Employee Evaluation

Employee Experience Framework

Employee Goals

Employee Grievance

Employee Handbook

What is Employee Induction?

What is Employee Life Cycle?

What is Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS)?

Employee Offboarding

Employee Onboarding

Employee Orientation

Employee Referral

Employee Referral Program

Employee Relations

Employee Retention

Employee Self-Service (ESS)

Employee Shifts

ESI (Employees' State Insurance)

Employee Termination

Employee Turnover Rate

Employee Value Proposition (EVP)

Employee Welfare

EPFO (Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation)

Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)

Employer Brand

Employer Branding

Employer Identification Number

Employment

Employment Contract

Employment History

Employment Status

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Equal Employment Opportunity

Equity

Equity Theory

Ex-Gratia

Exempt Position

Exit Interview

Expatriate

Expense

External Stakeholders

Externship

F

Factor Comparison

Factory Act

Fair Labor Standards Act

FIFO

Financial Incentives

Financial Year

Fixed Pay

Flexi Benefit Pay

Flexible Benefits Plan

Floating Holiday

Food Coupons

Forced Ranking

Forecasting

Form 10C

Form 12B

Form 12BB

Form 12C

Form 15G

Form 16

Form 15H

Form 16A

Form 16B

Form 24G

Form 24Q

Form 26AS

Form 26QB

Form 27C

Form 27EQ

Form 49B

Form 64A

Form I-9

Form 19

Formal Organisation

Full and Final Settlement

Functional Job Analysis

Furlough

G

Gamification

Gender Expression

Gender Identity

Gender Wage Gap

Generation X

Generation Y (Millennials)

Generation Z (Zoomers)

Ghosting

Goal Cascading

Golden Handcuffs

Grapevine Communication

Gratuity

Grievance

Gross Effective Hours

Gross Salary

Group Dynamics

Group Interview

H

Halo Effect

Harvard Model of HRM

Hawthorne Effect

Headhunter

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Hiring Journey

Hiring Manager

Hiring Process

Hiring Strategy

Hiring Workflow

Holidays

I

In‑house Talent

In‑Basket Technique

In‑House Training

In‑Mail

Inbound Recruiting

Incentive Pay

Incentives

Inclusion

Inclusive Workforce

Individual Coverage Health and Reimbursement Arrangements

Informal Communication

Informal Organisation

J

Job Analysis

Job Board

Job Classification

Job Description

Job Dissatisfaction

Job Enlargement

Job Enrichment

Job Evaluation

Job Hopper

Job Poaching

Job Posting

Job Promotion

K

Kanban

Key Performance Indicator (KPI)

Knowledge-Based Pay

Knowledge Management

Knowledge Transfer

KSA (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

L

Labour Law

Labour Welfare Fund (LWF)

Lateral Hiring

Leave Encashment

Leave Management System (LMS)

Learning and Development (L&D)

Letter of Appointment

Long-Term Incentive (LTI)

M

M-commerce

Machine Learning

Managed Care

Management Bandwidth

Management Styles

Management Training

Matrix Organisation

Mean Wage

Median Wage

Mediation Services

Mentoring

Merit Pay

Micromanagement

N

Nepotism

Net Salary

Notice Period

No Objection Certificate (NOC)

Non-Compete Clause

Night Shift Allowance

New Hire Orientation

O

Offboarding

Onboarding

Organisational Culture

Organisational Development (OD)

Occupational Health and Safety

Overtime

Offer Letter

P

Paid Leave

Payroll

Performance Management

Performance Bonus

Pre-employment Screening

Probation Period

Paternity Leave

Phased Retirement

Personal Data Protection

Professional Tax (PT)

Power of Attorney (PoA)

Payroll Compliance

Performance Appraisal

Performance Metrics

People Analytics

Pay Slip (Payslip)

Peer Feedback

Part-Time Employment

Q

Quality of Hire

Qualitative Feedback

Quality Assurance (QA)

Quota System

Qualified Domestic Relations Order

Queen Bee Syndrome

Qualifying Period

R

Recruitment

Resignation

Retention Rate

Relieving Letter

Reference Check

Rostering

Remote Work Policy

Reporting Manager

S

Salary

Shift Management

Statutory Compliance

Succession Planning

Severance Pay

Soft Skills

Self-Appraisal

Shift Allowance

T

Talent Acquisition

Talent Management

Tax Deduction at Source (TDS)

Time and Attendance

Timesheet

Transfer Policy

Training and Development

Travel Reimbursement

Termination

U

Unpaid Leave

Upskilling

User Roles & Permissions

Underemployment

Union Agreement

V

Variable Pay

Voluntary Benefits

Vesting Period

Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS)

W

Wage Structure

Wage Agreement

Wage Theft

Workforce Analytics

Work Permit

Workplace Culture

Workplace Wellness

X

Xenophobia in the Workplace

Y

Year-End Review

Yield Ratio

Youth Employment

Z

Zero-Hour Contract

Zoom Fatigue

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