HR Glossary
Comprehensive glossary of HR terms and definitions
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Accrued Leave
Ageism
Analytics in Hiring
Attendance Regularization
Abilene Paradox
Absconding
Absence Management
Absent Without Leave
Absenteeism
Acqui-Hiring
Active Candidates
Ad-Hoc Payment
Affirmative Action Plan (AAP)
Agency Recruiters
Agile HR
ALE (Applicable Large Employer)
Allowance
Analytical Thinking
Annual Income
Annuity
API
Applicant
Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
Appointment Letter
Appraisal
Apprentices Act
Apprenticeship
Aptitude Testing
Arrears
Assessment year
Assessments
Attendance Policy
Attrition Rate
Audit
Auditing
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C
Calibration
Candidate
Candidate Engagement
Candidate Management
Chief Financial Officer
Company Policy
Competency
Compliance Reports
Conditions of Employment
Conflict Management
Contingency Approach
Core Values
Credit Voucher
CTC (Cost to Company)
CV / Resume
C Level Executive
Campus Hiring
Candidate Call Back Rate
Candidate Experience
Candidate Journey
Candidate Persona
Candidate Portal
Career Break
Career Path Ratio
Carry Forward
Casual Leave
Caucus
CEO vs COO
CESS
Challans
Change Management
Chief Executive Officer {CEO}
Chief Operating Officer
Churn Rate
Code of conduct
Commission
Comp Off
Compa-Ratio
Company Culture
Compensation
Compensation Analytics
Competency Based Pay
Compliance Framework
Confirmation Letter
Consolidated Statement
Contingent Worker
Corporate Communication
Corporate Identification Number
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Cost Centre
Cost Per Hire
Cover letter
Crisis Management
Cross functional team
Culture Fit
D
Database Management
Deferred Compensation
Delphi Technique
Desk Audit
Development
Diversity Hiring
Data Breach
Data Driven Recruitment
Dearness Allowance (DA)
Decentralization
Deductions
Defamation
Delayering
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
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Dry Promotion
Due Diligence
E
Employee Assessment
Employee Grievance
Employee life cycle
Employee Turnover Rate
Employment Status
Equal Employment Opportunity
Expense
E-Recruitment
Earnings
EDLI
Electronic Challan cum Return (ECR)
Electronic Signature
Emotional Intelligence
Employee Assistance Program
Employee benefits administration
Employee Branding
Employee Contract
Employee Engagement
Employee Evaluation
Employee Goals
Employee Induction
Employee Net Promoter Score
Employee Offboarding
Employee Onboarding
Employee Orientation
Employee Referral
Employee Relations
Employee Retention
Employee Self Service (ESS)
Employee Termination
Employee Value Proposition (EVP)
Employee Welfare
Employees Handbook
Employees Provident Fund Organization ( EPFO )
Employees' State Insurance (ESI)
Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)
Employer Brand
Employer Identification Number
Employers contribution to pf
Employment
Employment Contract
Employment History
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Equity
Equity Theory
Ex-Gratia
Executive
Exit Interview
External Stakeholders
F
Financial Year
Form 12BB
Formal Organization
Factor comparison
Factory Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
Financial Incentives
Fixed Pay
Flexi Benefit Pay
Flexible Benefits Plan
Floating Holiday
Forecasting
Form 10C
Form 12B
Form 12BA
Form 12C
Form 15G
Form 15H
Form 16
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 Communication
Full and Final Settlement
Furlough
G
H
Hiring Manager
HR Analytics
HR Consulting
Human Capital Management (HCM)
Halo Effect
Harvard Model
Hawthorne Effect
Headhunter
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Hiring Process
Hiring Strategy
Hiring Workflow
Holidays
Hostile Work Environment
House Rent Allowance (HRA)
HR Audit
HR Automation
HR Chatbot
HR Compliance
HR Generalist
HR operations
HR Outsourcing
HR Theories
HRMS
Human Resource Business Partner (HRBP)
Human Resources (HR)
Human Resources Information System
I
Inbound Recruiting
Internship
Interview Panel
Investment
ISO 9000
In-house Training
In-mail
Incentive Pay
Incentives
Inclusion
Informal Communication
Informal Organization
Insurance
Intellectual property
Intern
Internal Communication
Internal Hiring
Internal Job Posting
Internal Promotion Rate
Interview Scheduling
ISO 9001
ISO 9004
IT Declaration
IT recruiter
ITR filing
J
K
L
Labor Union
Labour Welfare Fund (LWF)
Last In First Out ( LIFO )
Lateral Hiring
Lateral Move
Layoff
Leadership Development
Learning And Development (L&D)
Learning Management System (LMS)
Leave Balance
Leave Credit
Leave Encashment
Leave Policy
Leave Sharing Scheme
Leave Travel Allowance (LTA)
Leave Type
Leave Year
Legal Entity
Loans
LOP Reversal
Loss Of Pay (LOP)
M
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O
Objectives
Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
Occupational Stress
Offer Acceptance
Offer Letter
Offer Letter Acceptance Rate
Offer Management
Ombudsman
On-Roll/Off-Roll Payroll
One on One Meeting
One Time Payment
Oral Reprimand
Organization
Organization Development
Organization Tree
Organizational Change
Organizational Chart
Organizational Commitment
Organizational Culture
Organizational Diagnosis
Organizational Team
Orientation
Overhead
Overtime
P
Paid Leave
Paid Time Off
Partial Payments
Passive Candidate
Paternity Leave
Pay Band
Pay Cycle
Pay Grade
Pay Register
Payment of professional tax
Payments of Wage Act
Payroll
Payroll Outsourcing
Payroll Reconciliation
Payslip
Peer Appraisal
Peer-to-Peer Review
Peers
Penalization
People Analytics
Perceived Organizational Support
Performance Analysis Quadrant
Performance Appraisal
Performance Development Plan
Performance Improvement Plan
Performance Metrics
Performance Planning
Performance Rating Scale
Perks
Permanent Account Number
Pink Slip
Pre-Boarding
Pre-Employment Testing
Pre-Screening
Presenteeism
Pro-Rata
Probation Period
Probationary Arrangement
Professional Fees
Professional Tax
Professional Tax Pay
Profit Center
Provident Fund
Psychometric Test
Public Provident Fund
Pulse Survey
Purple Squirrel
Purple Unicorn
R
Reasonable Person Standard
Reconciliation
Recruiting Metrics
Recruitment Funnel Effectiveness
Recruitment Process Outsourcing
Reduction in Force
Redundancy
Reference Check
Referral Rate
Reimbursement
Rejection
Relieving Letter
Remote Interview
Requisition
Resignation
Restricted Holiday
Resume Parser
Resume Parsing
Retention Rate
Retention Strategy
Retrenchment
Retro Pay
Reverse Mentoring
Review Process
Reviewee
Reviewer
Rewards and Recognition (RnR)
Right to Manage
Risk Management
Roles and Responsibilities
Roster Management
Rotational Training
S
SAAS
Sabbatical Leave
Salaried Employee
Salary
Salary Advances
Salary Breakup
Salary Increment
Salary On Hold
Salary Revision
Salary Structure
Satisfaction Rate
Scorecard
Screening
Secondment
Selection Ratio
Self Review
Self-Employed Health Insurance Deduction
Self-Employment Tax
Sensitivity Training
Severance Pay
Shortlisting
Sick Leave
Signatory
Situational Leadership
Skill Matrix
Skills Gap
Smart Goals
Social Media Background Screening
Social Media Recruiting
Soft Skills vs Hard Skills
Source Of Hire
Staffing
Statutory Employee
Statutory Leave
Stipend
Strategic Hiring
Strategic Human Resource Management
Strategic Planning
Succession Planning
Surcharge
SWOT Analysis
System Changeover
Systemic discrimination
T
Talent
Talent Acquisition
Talent Management
Talent Pipeline
Talent Pool
Talent Retention
Tangible Rewards
Tax Deducted at Source (TDS)
Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number(TAN)
Tax Regime
Tax Savings
Taxable Allowance
TDS Return
Telecommuting
temp to hire
Termination Letter
Third-Party Sexual Harassment
Time in Lieu
Time to fill
Time to Hire
Time to Productivity
Total Labor Cost
Total Quality Management
Total Remuneration
Traces
Training and Development
Training Needs Analysis
Turnover costs
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