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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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1
180-Degree Feedback
3
360 degree feedback
7
7th Pay Matrix
7th Pay Matrix
9
9 Box Grid
90 Day Review
9 Day Fortnight
9 Box Grid
A
Affiliative Leadership
Authoritative Leadership
Autocratic Leadership
Accrued Salary
Affective Commitment
Agent of Record (AOR)
Annual Leave
Applicant Tracking System
Appraisal Letter
Apprenticeship
Attrition
ADDIE Model
Absence Management
Absent Without Leave
Absconding
Adverse Impact
Ad-Hoc Payment
Active Candidates
Acqui-Hiring
Accrued Payroll
Absenteeism Policy
Absenteeism
Absolute Ratings
Accrued Leave
Affirmative Action Plan
Analytics in Hiring
Applicant Pool
Applicant Volume
Application Completion Rate
Applicants Per Opening
Attendance Regularization
Attrition Rate
Attendance Integration
Attendance Cycle
AI Recruitment Tools
Approval Chain
Aptitude Test
Apprentices Act
Absconding
AI Sourcing Tools
B
Back Wages
Backfill Position
Behavioral Competencies
Broadbanding
Buddy Punching
Bumping Rights
Bereavement Leave
Boundaryless Organizations
Bi-Weekly Payroll
Blended Workforce
Basic Salary
Background Check
Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale
Benchmarking
Before Tax Deduction
Behavioral Interview
Bell Curve
Biometric Devices
Biweekly Pay
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification
Bonus
Boomerang Employee
Boolean Search
Buddy System
Bureaucratic Leadership
Business Agility
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
Bring Your Own Device
Bradford Formula
Baby Boomers
Back Pay
Background Verification
Base Pay
Balanced Scorecard
Blue Collar Hiring
Behavioral Competencies at Work: A Plain-English Guide for Success
C
Campus Recruiting
Candidate NPS
Career Path Ratio
Centralized Management
Clawback
Compensable Factors
Compensatory Leave
Contemporary Organizational Design
Contingency Recruiting
Contract to Hire
Culture Add
Cybervetting
Compa Ratio
Compassionate Leave
Competitive Pay
Constructive Discharge
CTC
Competency Based Compensation
Continuance Commitment
Cost Per Hire
Culture Framework
Contingent Workforce
Contract Employee
Candidate Pipeline
Crossboarding
Continuous Change
Casual Leave
Competency Mapping
Career Break
Compensation and Benefits
Confidentiality Agreement
Confirmation Letter
Cross Functional Team
Contingency Approach
Culture Add vs Cultural Fitment
Candidate Experience
C Level Executive
Campus Hiring
Candidate Assessment
Candidate Engagement
Candidate Portal
Carry Forward
Candidate Persona
Chief Executive Officer
Candidate Journey
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Candidate Management
Candidate Satisfaction
Candidate Sourcing
Company Policy
Career Plateau
Crisis Management
Cover Letter
Corporate Communications
Candidate Relationship Management
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Company Culture
Comp Off
Collaborative Hiring
Co-employment
Company Policies
Conflict Management
Candidates Per Hire
Conditions of Employment
Continuous Feedback
Commission Pay
Compliance Framework
Contract Labor
Coaching Leadership
Compensation Analytics
Compliance Report
Cost Centre
D
DEIB
Disparate Treatment
Divisional Structure
Direct Hire
Discretionary Leave
Differential Pay
Discretionary Benefits
Dysfunctional Conflict
Departmentalization
Decentralized Management
Delegative Leadership
Deferred Compensation
Disciplinary Procedure
Discretionary Bonus
Due Diligence
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Data Breach
Digital Transformation
Desk Audit
Diversity Hiring
Data Driven Recruitment
Downsizing
Defined Benefit Plan
Disciplinary Actions
Decentralization
Discretionary Time Off
Decentralized Organizational Structure
Dearness Allowance
Disciplinary Infraction
Direct Report
Delphi Technique
Dry Promotion
Delayering
Dual Labour Market
Digital Recruitment
E
Employee Grievance
Employee Lifetime Value
Employee Relations
Employee Value Proposition
Employment Status
Exempt Employee
Emotional Salary
Emotional Overcompensation
Employee Growth Rate
Employee Induction Program
Exit Interview
E-Recruitment
Employee Attendance Policy
Employee Empowerment
Employee Lifecycle
Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS)
Employer Brand
Employee Referral
Employee Retention
Employee Satisfaction
Employee Self-Service (ESS)
Employee Turnover
Employment History
Ex Gratia Payment
Employment
Employees Provident Fund Organization
Employee Welfare
Employee Goals
Employee Evaluations
Employee Engagement
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Employee Allowance
Employer Identification Number (EIN)
Employment Contract
Extrinsic Rewards
Earnings
Emotional Intelligence
Employment at Will
Employee Appraisal
Employee Churn Rate
Employee Confidentiality Agreement
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
Employee Perks
Employee Reconciliation
Employee Secondment
Employee Scorecard
External Recruitment
Employee Tenure
Employee Shift
Employee State Insurance (ESI)
Employee Commission
Employee Database
Employee Benefits Administration
Employee Contract
Employee Assessment
Employee Handbook
Expatriate
Externship
Employee Clearance
Employee Deposit Linked Insurance (EDLI)
Employees State Insurance Corporation
Equity Theory
Essential Job Functions
Executive Recruitment
Employer Value Proposition
Employee Recruitment
F
Fixed Pay
Flexible Benefits Plan
FLSA Status
Forced Distribution Method
Form 1096
Fractional HR
Fringe Benefits
Front Pay
Functional Job Analysis
Fireable Offense
Functional Conflict
Flat Organizational Structure
Floating Leave
Facilitative Leadership
Factor Comparison Method
Feedback Model
Form 12B
Form 12C
Formalization
Functional Organizational Structure
Full and Final Settlement (FnF)
Five Factor Model
Financial Year
Financial Incentives
Form 12BB
Form 12BA
Form 10C
Form 16A
Form 15G
Form 15H
Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
Form 26AS
Form 16
Furlough
Fixed Term Employment
Factory Act
Food Coupons
Form 24G
Form 24Q
Form I-9
Formal Communication
Formal Organization
Form 19
Form I-9
Fresher Recruitment
G
Gross Misconduct
Gross-Up
Geographic Pay
Gross Wages
GRPI Model
Gainsharing
Gray Collar Jobs
Golden Handcuffs
Gender Wage Gap
Gamification
Gender Divide
Generation X
Gig Economy
Gross Salary
Gender Identity
Group Interview
Gratuity
Gender Expression
Group Dynamics
Ghosting
Grapevine Communication
H
HR Business Partner
Hiring Freeze
Holiday Pay
Human Capital ROI
Home Office Stipend
Horizontal Organizational Structure
Horn Effect
Human Process Interventions
Hybrid Organizational Structure
Hybrid Work
Hawthorne effect
Hierarchy of Needs
HR Audit
HR Consulting
HR Outsourcing
HR Budget
Halo Effect
Hiring Manager
Hiring Workflow
House Rent Allowance (HRA)
HR Automation
HR Analytics
Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management System
Hiring Journey
HeadHunter
HR Compliance
HR Chatbot
Health Savings Account
HR Dashboard
HR Metrics
HR Strategy
HR Technology
I
Imputed Income
In Kind Benefits
Incentive Pay
Indirect compensation
Insourcing
Intercultural Competence
Intergroup Development
Interview to Hire Ratio
Intrinsic Rewards
Involuntary Termination
Informal Communication
Internship
In-house Recruitment
Inclusion
Incentives
Inclusive workplace
Induction
Internal Recruitment
Intern
Internal Communication
Intangible Rewards
Informal Organization
In-house Training
Insurance
In Mail
Implicit Bias
Interview Panel
Internal Job Postings
Internal Mobility
J
Job Abandonment
Job Architecture
Job Benchmarking
Job Dissatisfaction
Job Family
Job Function
Job Involvement
Job Pricing
Job Specialization
Job Enrichment
Job Evaluation
Job Rotation
Job Board
Job Description
Job Posting
Job Seeker
Job Role
Job Titles
Job Requisition
Job Promotion
Job Enlargement
Job Classification
Job Analysis
Job Shadowing
K
Key Result Areas (KRAs)
Knowledge Management
KSAs (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Key Responsibility Area
Knowledge Transfer
L
Lateral Hiring
Lateral Transfer
Leave Encashment
Leave of Absence
Leave Policy
Leadership Development
Leave Balance
Leave Credit
Labour Welfare Fund (LWF)
Layoff
Learning and Development (L&D)
Learning Management System
Last In First Out (LIFO)
M
Make-Up Time
Market Adjustment Raise
Merit Increase
Merit Pay
Milestone award
Modular Organisation
Monthly Pay Period
Multi-Rater Feedback
Multiposting
Maternity Leave
Manpower Planning
Management by Objectives (MBO)
Management Styles
Management Training
Matrix Organization
Mean Wage
Micro Management
Millennials
Moonlighting
Mock Interview
Mentoring
Marriage Leave
Minimum Wage Act
N
Negligent Hiring
Negligent Referral
Negligent Retention
Net Pay
Network Organization
Nonexempt Employee
Normative Commitment
Notice Period
Nepotism
Net Salary
Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
Notice Period Buyout
National Pension Scheme Account
O
Observation Interview
On Demand Pay
Onboarding
Operating Budget
Organic Organizational Structures
Organizational Design
Organizational Development
Organizational Norms
Organizational Optimization
Organizational Politics
Organizational Trust
Overtime Pay
Organisational Development Project
Objective and Key Results (OKRs)
Occupational Stress
Offer Letter
Offshoring
Organizational Change
Organizational Culture
Orientation
Ombudsman
One on One Meetings
Organizational Chart
Overtime
Outsourcing Jobs
Online Recruitment
Overhead Cost
P
Pacesetting Leadership
Personal Leave
Pink Collar Jobs
Probation Period
Paid Time Off
Participative Leadership
Pay Compression
Pay for Performance
Pay Group
Pay Mix
Peer Appraisal
People Operations
Performance Bonus
Point Factor Method
Pre-Tax Deductions
Premium Pay
Privilege Leave
Performance Appraisal
Process Interventions
Profit per Employee
PTO Accrual
PTO Rollover
Pool Hiring
Payroll Software
Payroll
People Analytics
Performance improvement Plan (PIP)
Performance Improvement
Performance Management Cycle
Performance Management
Performance Planning
Probationary Arrangements
Psychometric Test
Payroll Outsourcing
Pay Grade
Paternal Leave
Paid Leave
Provident Fund (PF)
Presenteeism
Payslip
Payroll Deductions
Per Diem Allowance
Pay Band
Performance Metrics
Pre-Employment Testing
Purple Squirrel
Purple Unicorn
Pay Cycle
Pre-screening
Professional Tax
Q
Quid Pro Quo Harassment
Quality Management
Queen Bee Syndrome
Qualified Domestic Relations Order
Quality of Work Life
Quality of Hire
R
Relieving Letter
Resignation Letter
Rate of Pay
Recruitment Fees
Relocation Allowance
Remuneration Committee
Reporting Structure
Resume Parsing
Retaliation
Retention Bonus
Retroactive Pay
Revenue per Employee
Revenue per FTE
Rightsizing
Recruitment Software
Recruitment
Redundancy
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Restricted Holidays
Reverse Mentoring
Rewards and Recognition
Right to Manage
Risk Management
Roster Management
Rotational Training
Remuneration
Reimbursement
Reference Check
Recruitment Marketing
RPO Recruitment Process
Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)
Retention Rate
Retrenchment
Review Process
Right to Work
Rejection Letter
Recruitment in HRM
Recruitment Analytics
Recruiting Metrics
Recency Bias
Remote Interview
Recruitment CRM
Recruitment Compliance
Recruitment Metrics Dashboard
Recruitment Branding
Recruitment Funnel Effectiveness
Reduction in Force (RIF)
Referral Rate
Relational Leadership
Relocation Bonus
Resenteeism
S
Sabbatical Leave
Salaried Employee
Salary Adjustment
Salary Bands
Salary Freeze
Salary Midpoint
Salary Review
Say on Pay
Seasonal Employment
Selection Ratio
Self Managed Teams
Semi Monthly Pay
Skill Matrix
Statutory Compliance
Shift Bidding
Shift Differential
Simple Structure
Source of Hire
Spot Award
Spot Bonus
Statute of Limitations
Stack Ranking
Statutory Benefits
Statutory Deductions
Statutory Employee
Salting
Situational Leadership
Sensitive Training 
Skill Gap
Social Collaboration
Social HR
Social Networking
Social Recruitment
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Staffing
Strategic HRM
Strategic Planning
Succession Planning
Strategic Initiatives
Summary Dismissal
Supplemental Pay
System Changeover
Systemic Discrimination
Suspended
Sick Leave
Screening
Statutory Leave
Soft Skills vs Hard Skills
Severance Payment
SMART Goals
SWOT Analysis
Social Media Recruiting
Subordinates
Short Leave
Strategic Recruitment
Self-evaluation
Self-Employment Tax
Social Media Background Screening
Shortlisting
Salary Breakup
Salary Increment
Salary Structure
T
Tenured Employee
Total Target Cash
Training Needs Analysis
Training ROI
Transitional Employment
Termination Letter
Turnover Cost
Turnover Rate
Types of Feedback
Talent Management
Tangible Rewards
Telecommuting
Temporary Employee
Time and a Half Pay
Time Off in Lieu (TOIL)
Time to Fill
Tax Concept
Taxable Income
Total Remuneration
Training and Development
Team Building
Transformational Leadership
Talent Management System
Talent Sourcing
Total Compensation
Time to Productivity
Time to Hire
Termination
Talent Development
Talent Acquisition
Talent Pool
Temp-to-Hire
Talent Management Software
Tax Savings
Taxable Allowance
Tax Regime
Talent Shrinkage
Talent Acquisition Software
Talent Intelligence
Talent Attraction
U
Undue Hardship
Upskilling
Upward Mobility
Unpaid Time Off
Unconscious Bias
Unemployment
Universal Account Number (UAN)
Untapped Talent
V
Variable Pay
Verbal Reprimand
Vertical Organizational Structure
Voluntary Benefits
Voluntary Time Off (VTO)
Voluntary Termination
Virtual HR
Vision Statement
Vacancy Rate
Virtual Meeting
Voluntary Provident Fund (VPF)
Vestibule Training
W
Wages in Lieu of Notice
Work Behavior
Workforce Automation
Wage Drift
Workforce Segmentation
Workforce Analytics
Welcome Aboard
Wellness Program
Workforce Management
Workforce Planning
Work-Life Balance
Wrongful Termination
Workplace Bullying
Walk-In Interview
Warning Letter
Work From Home (WFH)
Work Ethics
White-Collar Jobs
Weekly Off Policy
Workplace Diversity
Workplace Retaliation
Workplace Flexibility
Y
Yellow Dog Contract
Z
Zero Based Budgeting
Zoom Fatigue

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