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HR glossary for HR teams

Glossary of Human Resources Management and Employee Benefit Terms.

A

Ableism Absence management Absenteeism policy Ageism Agile organization Applicant tracking system (ATS) Artificial intelligence in HR Assessment center Attendance policy Availability analysis

B

Background check Behavioral based interview Behavioral competencies Benefits administration Bereavement leave Boomerang employee Buddy system Business agility Business partnership

C

Career growth Career lattice Career path Career plateau Career site Coaching Compa-ratio Compensation Competency Competency based pay Competency mapping Compressed work week Continuous feedback Continuous performance management Core competencies Corporate social responsibility Cross functional teams

D

Data protection Direct hire Direct reports Disability leave Disciplinary actions Disciplinary procedures Diversity Downshifting

E

Emotional intelligence Employee attrition Employee benefits Employee burnout Employee database Employee directory Employee empowerment Employee engagement Employee experience Employee handbook Employee life cycle Employee management software Employee net promoter score (eNPS) Employee referral program Employee retention rate Employee satisfaction Employee suspension Employee turnover Employee value proposition (EVP) Employer brand Equity Exit interview

F

Federal holidays Feedback culture Five-Factor Model of Personality Flexible working hours Flexible working requests Floating holiday

G

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Generation X Generation Y (Millennials) Generation Z (Gen Z) Glass ceiling Global hire Gross amounts Gross income Gross vs. Net income Gross wages

H

Halo effect Harassment Headcount Hiring process Holiday accrual Holiday pay Hourly employee HR analytics HR business partner HR dashboard HR document management HR OKRs HR processes HR strategy HR tech HR workflows HRM software Human capital management (HCM) Human resource audit Human resource information system (HRIS) Human resource outsourcing (HRO) Human resources management system (HRMS) Hybrid workplace organization

I

Independent contractor Indirect compensation Informal communication Intellectual property Internal recruitment Internship

J

Job analysis Job classification Job description Job dissatisfaction Job enrichment Job evaluation Job shadowing

K

Key performance indicator (KPI) Key worker Knowledge management Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA) Kudos

L

Labor force Labor laws Labor market Layoff Learning Management System (LMS) Leave of absence Loyalty of employees (eNPS assessment)

M

Management styles Matrix organization Medical leave Mental health at work Mentoring Metrics Micromanagement Military leave from work Mobbing

N

Negotiation Nepotism Neurodiversity in the workplace New employee introduction Non disclosure agreement (NDA) Non-Compete Agreement (NCA) Non-discrimination testing

O

Offboarding Onboarding process One-on-One meeting Organizational chart Outsourcing Outstaffing Overtime

P

Paid time off (PTO) Participative leadership Payroll People operations Performance based pay Performance improvement Performance improvement plan Performance management system Performance review Pre-employment testing software Pre-Recorded Video Interview Preboarding Predictive HR Analytics Probationary Period Professional development Psychometric tests

Q

Qualified electronic signatures Quality management Quality of Hire (QoH) Queen Bee Syndrome Quiet hiring Quiet quitting

R

Recruiting funnel Recruiting software Recruitment management system Recruitment process Redundancy Reference check Résumé parsing Retention strategy Revenue per employee Reverse mentoring Rewards and recognition

S

Sabbatical leave Salary benchmarking Salting Screening tests Seasonal employment Second chance hiring Sensitivity training Sick leave pay Situational leadership Skill based pay Skills gap Soft skills in hiring Software as a service (SaaS) Sourcing Stay interview Strategic planning Structured interview

T

Talent acquisition Termination letter Time off tracking Time tracking Time-to-fill metric Time-to-Hire Metric Total compensation Training needs analysis Transferable skills Transparency Turnover rate

U

Unconscious bias Unfair labor practices Upskilling Utilization analysis

V

Vacancy Vacancy rate Values statement Variable pay Vertical organization Virtual HR Voluntary benefit

W

Well being Wellness programs Whistleblowing Whiteboard interview Workforce planning Workplace bullying

Y

Yellow-dog contract

Z

Zero based budgeting