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A

Absenteeism

The Abilene Paradox

Absenteeism

Agency Recruiters

Allowance

Annual Income

Applicant

Accrued Leave

Acqui Hiring

Ad Hoc Payment

Affirmative Action Plan (AAP)

Appointment Letter

Appraisal

Apprentices Act

Aptitude Testing

Arrears

Assessment Year

Attendance Regularization

Attrition Rate

Absent With Out Leave (AWOL)

B

Background Screening (Pre Employment Screening)

Balance Of Payments (BoP)

Bank Statement

Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale (BARS)

Basic Salary

Before Tax Deduction

Bell Curve

Bereavement Leave

Bona Fide Occupational Qualification

Bonus

Boolean Search

Bring Your Own Device

Buddy System

Bell Curve

C

Campus Hiring

Candidate Portal

Career Break

Carry Forward

Casual Leave

Caucus

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Cess

Challans

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

C Level Executive

C Level Jobs

Company Policy

Compensation

Competency

Competency Based Pay

Compliance Reports

Comp Off

Confirmation Letter

Consolidated Statement

Contingency Approach

Contingent Worker

Continuous Candidate Engagement (CCE)

Continuous Feedback

Core Values

Corporate Communication

Corporate Identification Number (CIN)

Cost Centre

Cost Per Hire

Credit Voucher

Cross Functional Teams

D

Dearness Allowance (DA)

Decentralization

Deductions

Delayering

Desk Audit

Direct Hire

Disciplinary Action

Discretionary Bonus

Disparate Treatment

Diversity Equity And Inclusion (DEI)

Diversity Hiring

Diversity In Workplace

Downsizing

Dry Promotion

Due Diligence

E

Earnings

Electronic Challan cum Return (ECR)

Employees Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme (EDLI)

European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM)

Emotional Intelligence

Employee Assessment

Employee Evaluation

Employee Goals

Employee Grievance

Employee Induction

Employee Offboarding

Employee Orientation

Employee Referral

Employee Referral Program

Employee Relations

Employee Retention

Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)

Employee Value Proposition (EVP)

Employee Welfare

Employer Identification Number

Employment

Employment Contract

Employment Status

Employee Net Promoter Score (EMPS)

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Ex Gratia

Expatriate

F

Factor Comparison

Factory Act

Fair Labor Standards Act

FIFO

Financial Incentives

Fixed Pay

Flexi Benefit Pay

Floating Holiday

Food Coupons

Form 10C

Form 12B

Form 12BA

Form 12BB

Form 12C

Form 15G

Form 16

Form 16A

Form 16B

Form 19

Form 24G

Form 24Q

Form 26AS

Form 27C

Form 27EQ

Form 49B

Form 64A

Formal Communication

Formal Organization

Form I-9

Full And Final Settlement

Furlough

G

Gender Identity

Gender Wage Gap

Generation X

Generation Y (Millennials)

Generation Z (Zoomers)

Ghosting

Grapevine

Gratuity

Gross Salary

Group Dynamics

Group Interview

Group Discussion (GD)

H

Halo Effect

Harvard Model Of HRM

Headhunter

HIPAA – Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act 

Hiring Manager

Hiring Process

House Rent Allowance (HRA)

HR Analytics

HR Compliance

HR Consulting

HR Operations

HR Outsourcing

Human Resource Accounting

Human Resource Business Partner

Human Resources Information System (HRIS)

I

In Basket Technique

Incentives

Informal Communication

Informal Organization

In-House Training

In Mail

Intellectual Property

Intern / Internship

Internal Hiring

Internal Job Posting

Interview Panel

Interview Scheduling

IT Declaration

IT Recruiter

ITR Filing

J

Job Analysis

Job Board

Job Classification

Job Description

Job Enlargement

Job Enrichment

Job Evaluation

Job Hopper

Job Poaching

Job Posting

Job Promotion

Job Role

Job Rotation

Job Seeker

Job Shadowing

Johari Window

Journal Voucher

Just Cause Termination

K

Key Performance Indicator (KPI)

Key Responsibility Areas (KRA)

Knowledge Transfer (KT)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA)

L

Labor Union

Labour Welfare Fund (LWF)

Lateral Hiring

Lateral Move

Layoff

Leadership Development

Learning And Development

Leave Balance

Leave Encashment

Leave Policy

Leave Travel Allowance (LTA)

Legal Entity

Last-In, First-Out (LIFO)

Learning Management System

Loss of Pay (LOP)

LOP Reversal

M

Marginal Relief

Marriage Leave

Maternity Benefit Act

Maternity Leave

Merit Pay

Mock Interview

Moonlighting

Muster Roll

N

Nepotism

Net Pay

New Hire Reporting

Non Exempt Position

Non Taxable Allowances

Notice Buyout

Notice Period

O

Objectives

Occupational Stress

Offer Acceptance

Offer Letter

Ombudsman

One-on-One Meeting

One Time Payments Deductions

On-Roll Off-Roll Payroll

Organizational Chart

Organizational Commitment

Organizational Diagnosis (OD)

Organization Development

Organization Tree

Overhead

Overtime

P

Paid Leave

Partial Payments

Passive Candidate

Paternity Leave

Pay Band

Pay Cycle

Pay Register

Payroll

Payroll Reconciliation

Payslip

Peer Appraisal

Peers

Perceived Organizational Support (POS)

Performance Analysis Quadrant (PAQ)

Performance Development Plan (PDP)

Performance Metrics

Performance Planning

Performance Rating Scale

Perks

Pink Slip

Pre Boarding

Pre Employment Testing

Pre Screening

Presenteeism

Professional Fees

Professional Tax

Provident Fund (PF)

Public Provident Fund (PPF)

Purple Unicorn

Q

Qualified Domestic Relations Order

Quality Of Work Life 

Queen Bee Syndrome

R

Reasonable Person Standard

Reconciliation

Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)

Redundancy

Reference Check

Referral Rate

Rejection

Relieving Letter

Religious Accommodation

Remote Interview

Requisition

Resignation

Restricted Holiday

Resume Parsing

Retention Strategy

Retrenchment

Review Process

Rewards And Recognition (RnR)

Roles And Responsibilities

Roster Management

Retention

S

Salary Increment

Sabbatical Leave

Salaried Employee

Salary

Salary Advances

Salary Breakup

Salary On Hold

Salary Revision

Scorecard

Screening

Secondment

Self Review

Sensitivity Training

Severance Pay

Short Leave

Shortlisting

Shrinkage

Sick Leave

Signatory

Situational Leadership

Social HR

Source Of Hire

Sourcing

Statutory Leave

Strategic Hiring

Sub Ordinates

Surcharge

T

Talent Pool

Talent Retention

Taxable Allowance

Tax Regime

Telecommuting

Termination Letter

Time In Lieu

Total Remuneration

Traces

Training And Development

Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

Total Labour Cost

Termination

U

UAN (Universal Account Number)

Unemployment

Unfair Labor Practice

Upskill

V

Variable Pay

Vestibule Training

Virtual Meeting

Voluntary Time Off

Voluntary Turnover Rate

Volunteer Time Off

Voluntary Provident Fund (VPF)

W

Walk-In

Weekly Off

Work Ethics

Workforce

Workforce Analysis

Workforce Management

Work From Home (WFH)

Workplace Retaliation

Y

Year End Processing

Yield Ratio

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