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The ever-growing HR Glossary that you were looking for. 

Are you an HR professional unfamiliar with a term thrown around at work? Or are you someone looking to brush up on your knowledge? Either way, we have got you covered. Here's the definition of every HR term you need to know. 

 

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    A

    • Absence
    • Affirmative action
    • Applicant Tracking System
    • Apprenticeship
    • Attrition
    • Adverse Impact

    B

    • Bereavement Leave
    • Bonus
    • Burnout
    • Business ethics

    C

    • Career Path
    • Compensation
    • Conflict Management
    • Cooperative
    • Core competencies

    D

    • Deductions
    • Deferred compensation
    • Defined Benefit Plan
    • Direct deposit
    • Discrimination
    • Diversity

    E

    • Earnings
    • Employee
    • Employee assistance program
    • Employee self service
    • Employer Identification Number
    • Employee relations
    • Employee retention
    • Exempt employee
    • Exit Interview
    • Employment Contract

    F

    • Freedom of Association

    G

    • Gamification
    • Garnishment
    • Gender pay gap
    • Goal setting
    • Grievance
    • Gross wages

    I

    • Incidence rate
    • Independent contractor
    • Induction
    • Internship

    J

    • Job analysis
    • Job boards
    • Job description

    K

    • Key Performance Indicators
    • Knowledge Management

    L

    • Labor Force
    • Leadership development
    • Learning Management System

    M

    • Management styles
    • Mentoring
    • Merit Pay
    • Minimum wage

    N

    • Nepotism
    • Non Disclosure Agreement

    O

    • Offshoring
    • Onboarding
    • Organizational culture
    • Organizational Development
    • Orientation
    • Outsourcing

    P

    • Paid Time Off
    • Payroll Software
    • Performance Appraisal
    • Performance Management
    • Peter principle
    • Probationary Period

    Q

    • Qualifying Life Event
    • Quality Management

    R

    • Recruitment
    • Redundancy
    • Reference letter
    • Resignation

    S

    • Situational Leadership
    • Sensitivity training
    • Sourcing
    • Strategic Planning
    • Succession Planning

    T

    • Talent Acquisition
    • Talent Management
    • Team Building
    • Time Tracking
    • Transformational leadership
    • Turnover

    U

    • Unconscious bias
    • Unemployment

    V

    • Volunteerism

    W

    • Workforce planning
    • Wrongful termination
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