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A
65 terms
- Abilene Paradox
- Absconding
- Absence Management
- Absence Management Policy
- Absent Without Leave Meaning
- Absenteeism
- Absenteeism Policy
- Absolute Ratings
- Accessibility Meaning
- Accountability Meaning
- Accrued Leaves
- Acquihire
- Action Plan
- Action-item
- Active Candidates
- Actual Deferred Percentage (ADP)
- Ad Hoc
- Adaptive device
- ADDIE Model
- Administrative Services Only (ASO)
- Advanced Earned Income Credit
- Adverse impact
- Affinity Bias
- Affirmative Action Plan
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- After Tax Deduction
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
- Ageism
- Agile HR
- Agile Organisation
- Alignment Meaning
- Allowance
- Ally Meaning
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Analytical Thinking
- Annual Income
- Annual Quota
- Annualized Salary
- Annuity
- API Integration Meaning
- APIs
- Applicable Large Employer
- Applicant Flow Log
- Applicant Tracking System
- Applicant Volume
- Applicants
- Application Completion Rate
- Appointment Letter
- Appraisal
- Appraisal Letters
- Apprentice Meaning
- Apprentices Act
- Apprenticeship Meaning
- Approval Chain
- Aptitude Test
- Arrear
- Aspirational OKRs
- Assessment Centres
- Assessment Year
- Assessments
- At-Will Employment
- Attendance Policy
- Attendance-regularization
- Audits
- Automated Clearing House
B
39 terms
- Baby Boomers
- Back Pay
- Backfill
- Background Screening Pre-employment Screening
- Backup Server
- Balance Of Pay (BOP) Meaning
- Balanced Scorecard
- Bank Statement
- Base Wage Rate
- Basic Salary
- Behavioral Based Interview Questions
- Behavioral Competencies
- Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale
- Bell Curve
- Benchmarking
- Bereavement Leave Meaning
- Biometric
- Biweekly Pay
- Blended Workforce
- Blockers
- Blue Collar Workers Meaning
- Bona Fide Occupational Qualification
- Bonus
- Boolean Search
- Boomerang Employee
- Bootstrapping
- Bottom-Up Alignment
- Bradford Formula
- Brain Drain
- Bring Your Own Device
- Broadbanding
- Buddy System
- Bumping
- Bumping Rights
- Business Agility
- Business Continuity Planning
- Business Necessity
- Business Partnership
- Business Process Outsourcing
C
87 terms
- C-Level Executive
- C-Level Jobs
- Cadence
- Calibration
- Campus Hiring
- Candidate
- Candidate Call Back Rate
- Candidate Centric Recruiting
- Candidate Experience
- Candidate Journey
- Candidate portal
- Candidate-persona
- Candidates Per Hire
- Career Break
- Career Path Ratio
- Career Paths
- Career Plateau
- Carry Forward
- Catfish
- Caucus
- CCE Meaning
- CEO Meaning
- CEO vs. COO
- Certificate Of Good Standing
- Certified Payroll Professional
- Cess
- CFR
- Challan Meaning
- Change Management
- Change Management Model
- Check-Ins
- Chief Financial Officer CFO
- Chief Operating Officer (COO)
- Churn Rate
- CIN Meaning
- CL Leave Full Form, Meaning & Definition
- Clickbait
- Co-Employment
- Coaching
- Code Of Conduct
- Coffee Badging
- Commemoration Day
- Commission
- Commit OKR
- Compa Ratio
- Company Culture
- Company Perks
- Company Policy
- Compassionate Leave Meaning
- Compensation Management Objectives
- Compensation Management Planning
- Compensation Meaning
- Compensation Plan
- Compensatory Off
- Competency
- Competency-Based Pay
- Compliance
- Compliance Framework
- Compliance Report
- Compressed Work Schedule
- Conditions of Employment
- Confidentiality Agreement
- Confirmation Letter Meaning
- Consolidated Statement
- Constructive Discharge
- Contingency Recruiting
- Contingent Worker
- Continuous Feedback
- Contract Labor Act Meaning
- Core Competencies
- Core Values
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Cost Centre
- Cost Of Living Adjustment
- Cost Per Hire
- Cover Letter
- Credit Voucher
- Crisis Management
- Cross Functional Team
- CTC Meaning
- Culture Add
- Custom Career Pages
- Customer Acquisition Cost
- Customer Journey Mapping
- Customer Lifetime Value
- Customer Retention Rate
- CV and Resume
D
34 terms
- Data Breach
- Data-driven-recruitment
- Database Management
- De Minimis Rule
- Dearness allowance
- Decentralization
- Deductions
- Defamation
- Default
- Deferred compensation
- Delayering
- Delphi Technique
- Dependent Care Benefits
- Desk Audit
- Development
- Difference between gross income and net income
- Differences between soft skills and hard skills
- Digital Transformation
- Digital Wallet
- Direct Deposit
- Direct Hire
- Direct Reports
- Disability Leave
- Disciplinary Action
- Disciplinary Procedure
- Disparate Effects
- Disparate Treatment
- Disposable Earning
- Disregarded Entity
- Diversity
- Downsizing
- Dual Labour Market
- Due Diligence
- Dunning
E
104 terms
- E-Circular
- E-Recruitment
- Earned Income Credit
- Earnings
- EBITDA
- EDLI
- EFQM
- Eisenhower Matrix
- Electronic Challan cum Return
- Electronic Data Interchange
- Electronic Fund Transfer
- Electronic Signature
- Emotional Intelligence
- Empathy In The Workplace
- Employee Access
- Employee Advocacy
- Employee Appreciation Month
- Employee Assessment
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Attrition Meaning
- Employee Benefits
- Employee Benefits Administration
- Employee Branding
- Employee Burnout
- Employee Buyout
- Employee Clearance
- Employee Compensation
- Employee Confidentiality Agreement
- Employee Contract
- Employee Database
- Employee Development
- Employee Empowerment
- Employee Engagement in HR
- Employee Evaluation
- Employee Gifts
- Employee Goals
- Employee Grievance Meaning
- Employee grievance redressal
- Employee Handbook
- Employee Intranet
- Employee letter
- Employee Lifecycle
- Employee Management
- Employee Mental Health
- Employee Monitoring Software
- Employee Morale
- Employee Motivation
- Employee Net Promoter Score (ENPS)
- Employee Network
- Employee of the Year
- Employee Offboarding
- Employee Onboarding
- Employee Orientation
- Employee Payroll Taxes
- Employee Perception Surveys
- Employee Performance Evaluation
- Employee Performance Review
- Employee Productivity
- Employee Recognition
- Employee Recognition Program
- Employee Reference Letter
- Employee Referral
- Employee Relations
- Employee Resource Group
- Employee Retention
- Employee Retention Rate
- Employee Satisfaction
- Employee Satisfaction Survey
- Employee Schedules
- Employee Self-Evaluation
- Employee Shifts Meaning
- Employee Termination
- Employee Tracking System
- Employee Turnover
- Employee Turnover Rate
- Employee Type
- Employee Value Proposition
- Employee Verification
- Employee Wellbeing
- Employee Wellness Program
- Employer Branding
- Employer Identification Number
- Employer Value Proposition
- Employment Contract
- Employment Contract in UAE
- Employment History
- Employment Status
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- EPFO Meaning
- Equal Pay Act 1963
- Equity Theory
- ESI (Employee State Insurance)
- ESIC Meaning & Definition
- ESS Meaning and Definition
- Evidence Of Insurability
- Ex-gratia
- Exempt Employee
- Exempt-vs-non-exempt
- Exit-interview
- Expatriate Meaning
- Expense
- Experience Letter
- Explicit Alignment
- External stakeholders
F
65 terms
- Factor-comparison
- Factory-act
- Failure
- Featherbedding
- Federal Data Protection Law in UAE
- Federal ID number
- Federal Income Tax
- Federal Tax Authority
- Federal Tax Deposit
- Federal Unemployment Tax Act
- Federal-holidays
- Feedback
- Felicitation Meaning
- FICA
- FIFO
- Financial Incentives
- Financial Year
- Fitness Incentive
- Five-Factor Model
- Fixed Pay
- Flexi Benefit Pay
- Flexible Benefits Plan
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Flexible Workplace
- Floating Holiday
- FLSA Status
- Focus Meaning
- Forced Ranking
- Form 1042-S
- Form 1099
- Form 1099 Misc
- Form 1099 NEC
- Form 10C
- Form 11 - Definition & Benefits
- Form 1120-S
- Form 12B
- Form 12BA
- Form 12BB
- Form 15G
- Form 15H
- Form 16
- Form 16A
- Form 24G
- Form 24Q
- Form 2553
- Form 26AS
- Form 26QB
- Form 27eq
- Form 5498
- Form i9
- Form W-3
- Form W2 vs 1099
- Form-1099sa
- Form-27C Meaning
- Form-49b
- Form-8832
- Form-940
- Form-941
- Forms 1094-c and 1095-c
- Freemium
- Fringe Benefits
- Full And Final Settlement
- Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
- Full-Time Hours
- Furlough
G
30 terms
- Gamification In HR
- Garnishment
- GDPR
- GDRFA Dubai
- Gen Z Meaning
- Gender Balance Index in UAE
- Gender divide
- Gender Pay Gap
- General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI)
- Generation X
- Generation Y/The Millennials
- Ghosting
- Gig Economy
- Glass Ceiling
- Go-To-Market Strategy
- Goal Cascading
- Goal Setting
- Golden Handcuffs
- Grading OKR
- Grapevine Communication
- Green Visa UAE
- Grievance
- Gross Amounts
- Gross effective hours
- Gross Income
- Gross Misconduct
- Gross Profit
- Gross Wages
- Gross-Up
- Group Interview
H
46 terms
- Halo Horn Effect
- Harvard Framework
- Hawthorne Effect
- Headcount
- Headhunter
- Health Maintenance Organization
- Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Hierarchy Of Needs
- HIPAA
- Hiring Freeze
- Hiring Manager
- Hiring Process
- Hiring Strategy
- Hiring Workflow
- Holiday Pay
- Horizontal Organization
- Hostile Work Environment
- Hourly Employee
- Hourly To Salary
- HR Agency
- HR Analytics
- HR Analytics in UAE
- HR Audit
- HR Automation
- HR Benchmarking
- HR Business Partner
- HR Emotional Intelligence
- HR Functions List
- HR Generalist
- HR-Consulting
- HR-OKR
- HR-processes
- HRA Meaning
- HRBP
- HRIS Analyst
- HSA Reimbursement
- Human Capital Management (HCM)
- Human Resource Audit
- Human Resource Information System
- Human Resource Management System
- Human Resources
- Human Rights in UAE
- Humanity In The Workplace
- Hybrid Cloud
- Hybrid Working Model
I
27 terms
- Imputed Income
- In-basket Technique
- In-house Talent
- Inbound Recruiting
- Incentive
- Inclusive Workforce
- Independent Contractor
- Indirect Compensation
- Individual OKRs
- Informal Communication
- Injunction Relief
- Inpatriate
- Insurance
- Intern
- Internal Communication
- Internal Hiring
- Internal Job Posting
- Internal Promotion Rate
- Interview Panel
- Interview Scheduling
- Investment
- ISO 9000
- ISO 9001
- ISO 9004
- IT Declaration
- IT Recruiter
- ITR Filing
J
16 terms
K
7 terms
L
34 terms
- Labor Contract UAE
- Labor Force
- Labor Market
- Labor Union
- Laddering OKRs
- Latency
- Lateral Hiring
- Lateral Move
- Layoff
- Learning And Development
- Learning Management System
- Leave Accrual Processing
- Leave Balance
- Leave Credit
- Leave Encashment
- Leave Management System
- Leave Of Absence
- Leave Policy
- Leave Restrictions
- Leave Sharing Scheme
- Leave Type
- Leave Year
- Legal Entity
- Letter Of Termination
- LIFO
- Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Account (LPFSA)
- Linkedin In-mail
- Litigation
- LMS
- LOP Reversal
- Loss Of Pay Meaning
- LTA
- Lump Sum
- LWF
M
29 terms
- Magnetic Media Reporting
- Management By Objectives
- Mandatory Benefits
- Marginal Relief
- Maternity Benefit Act
- Maternity Leave
- Matrix Organization
- Mean Wage
- Medical Leave of Absence
- Mentoring
- Merit Increase
- Merit Increase Process
- Merit pay
- Metric
- Micromanagement
- Milestones
- Military Leave From Work
- Millennials Meaning
- Mindfulness At Work
- Mindfulness In The Workplace
- Minimum wages act
- Mission Statement
- Mock Interview
- MOHRE
- Moonshot
- Mudad
- Multi-Shift Scheduling
- Muqeem
- Muster Roll
N
16 terms
O
30 terms
- Objectives
- Objectives and Key Results
- Observation Interview
- Occupational Stress
- Offboarding
- Offer Acceptance
- Offer Acceptance Rate
- Offer Letter
- Offshoring
- OKR
- OKR Coach
- Ombudsman Meaning
- On Roll Off Roll Payroll
- On The Job Training
- ONA
- One on One Meeting
- Online Attendance
- Operating Budget
- Oral Reprimand
- Organization Meaning
- Organization Tree
- Organizational Change
- Organizational Culture
- Organizational Development
- Organizational Team
- OSHA Form 300
- OSHA Form-301
- Outsourcing
- Overhead
- Overtime
P
75 terms
- P and L statement
- Paid Holidays
- Paid leave
- Paid Time Off
- Parent OKR
- Parental leave
- Pareto Principle (80-20 Rule)
- Partial Payments
- Passive Candidate
- Pay Band
- Pay Cycle
- Pay Grade
- Pay Stub
- Payee Meaning and Definition
- Payments Of Wage Act
- Payroll
- Payroll Deduction
- Payroll Outsourcing
- Payroll Reconciliation
- Payroll Service
- Payroll Software
- Payroll Tax Rates
- Payslip
- Peer Appraisal
- Peer-to-Peer Review
- Peers
- Penalization
- People Analytics
- People Management
- People Operations
- Per-Diem
- Performance Analysis Quadrant (PAQ)
- Performance Appraisal
- Performance Bands
- Performance Bonus
- Performance Development Plan (PDP)
- Performance Improvement
- Performance Improvement Plan
- Performance Management
- Performance Management Cycle
- Performance Management System
- Performance Map
- Performance Metrics
- Performance Planning
- Performance Review
- Perks
- Perquisites Meaning
- Personal Income Tax
- Personal Work
- PF (Provident Fund) Meaning
- Pink Slip
- Positive Feedback
- Pre-boarding
- Pre-employment Testing
- Pre-screening
- Pre-Tax Deduction
- Predictive HR Analytics
- Preferred Provider Organization
- Prerequisites Meaning
- Prior Period Adjustment
- Pro-rata
- Probationary Arrangement
- Probationary Period Meaning
- Professional Employer Organization
- Professional Fees
- Professional Tax
- Progress
- Promotion
- Protected class
- Psychometric Test
- PTO Accrual
- Public Provident Fund
- Pulse Survey
- Purple Squirrel
- Purple Unicorn
Q
7 terms
R
45 terms
- Rating Scale
- Ratio analysis
- Reasonable Person Standard
- Reconciliation
- Recruiting Metrics
- Recruiting Software
- Recruitment
- Recruitment Funnel Effectiveness
- Recruitment Process Outsourcing
- Red Circle Rate
- Redundancy
- Redundancy Pay
- Reference Check
- Referral Rate
- Regulatory Compliance
- Rejection
- Remote Interview
- Remote Onboarding
- Remuneration Meaning
- Repatriation Meaning
- Request for Proposal
- Requisition Meaning
- Resignation
- Resignation Letter
- Restricted Holiday
- Resume Parsing
- Retaliation Meaning
- Retention Bonus Meaning
- Retention Rate
- Retention Strategy
- Retrenchment
- Retro Pay
- Reverse Mentoring
- Review Process
- Reward Points
- Rewards and Recognition
- Rewards and Recognition (RnR)
- Right to Manage
- Rightsizing
- Risk Management
- Roll Out
- Roster Management
- Rotating shift
- Rotational Training
- RPO
S
85 terms
- SaaS
- SaaS Management Meaning
- Sabbatical Leave Meaning
- Salaried Employee
- Salaried Non-Exempt
- Salary
- Salary Advances
- Salary Benchmarking
- Salary Breakup Meaning
- Salary Certificate - Definition and Format
- Salary Certificate UAE
- Salary on Hold Meaning
- Salary Review
- Salary Revision
- Salary Structure
- Sales Executive Job Description Template
- Sales Negotiation
- Sales Qualified Lead
- Salting
- Sandbagging
- Sandwich Rule
- Satisfaction Rate
- Scorecard
- Screening
- Seasonal Employment
- Secondary Insurance
- Selection Ratio
- Self Employed Health Insurance Deduction
- Self Review
- Self-Employment Tax
- Sensitivity Training
- Service Level Agreement (SLA)
- Severance Pay
- Shift swapping Meaning
- Shops and Establishment Act
- Short Leave Meaning
- Shortlisting
- Shrinkage Meaning
- Sick Leave
- Sick Leave Pay
- SIF File
- Signatory
- Situational Leadership
- Skill Gap
- Skill Matrix
- Smart Goals
- Social Collaboration
- Social Media Background Screening
- Social Media Recruiting
- Social Security Number
- Social Security Tax
- Social Security Tips
- Social Security Wages
- Soft HRM-Hard HRM
- Source Of Hire
- Sourcing
- Sourcing Channel Effectiveness
- Split Placement
- Staffing
- Standard Deduction
- Standard Hours
- State Unemployment Insurance
- State Unemployment Tax Act (SUTA)
- Statutory Employee
- Statutory Leave
- Stay Interviews
- Stipend
- Straight Time Pay
- Strategic Hiring
- Strategic HRM
- Strategic Planning
- Stretch Goals
- Structured Interview
- Subordinates
- Subsidiary Meaning
- Substantial Limitation
- Succession Planning
- Summary Dismissal
- Supervisor Meaning
- Supplemental Wages
- Surcharge Meaning
- Suspension
- SWOT Analysis
- System Changeover
- Systemic Discrimination
T
44 terms
- Talent
- Talent acquisition
- Talent Management
- Talent Management Software
- Talent Pipeline
- Talent Pool
- Talent Retention
- TAN
- Tangible Rewards
- Targeted Recruiting
- Tax
- Tax Levy
- Tax Regime
- Tax Savings
- Taxable Income
- Taxable Wage Base
- TDS Meaning and Definition
- TDS Return
- Team OKRs
- Team-building
- Telecommuting
- Temp-to-hire
- Tentative Meaning and Definition
- Termination Letter
- Time in Lieu (TIL)
- Time To Fill
- Time Tracking
- Time-in-Lieu
- Time-to-Hire
- Time-to-Productivity
- TIN Number
- Total Addressable Market
- Total Labor Cost
- Total Quality Management
- Traces
- Tracking OKRs
- Training And Development
- Training Needs Analysis
- Transformational Leadership
- Transitional Employment
- Transparency
- Turnover
- Turnover Rate
- Types Of Informal Communication
U
10 terms
V
8 terms
W
51 terms
- W-2 Forms Meaning
- W-4 Form
- Wage Drift
- Wages
- Wages Protection System (WPS)
- Waiver
- Walk-in
- Walk-in Interview
- War Of Talent
- Warehouse Staff Meaning
- Warn Act
- Warning Letter
- Weekly Off Meaning
- Wellness Programs
- What is 401(K) Meaning & Definition
- What is 9 Box Grid – Meaning & Definition
- What is Budget?
- What is Business as usual (BAU)?
- What is Compensation?
- What is Employee Induction?
- What is Employee Orientation?
- What is Gratuity? Meaning
- What is HR Tech?
- What is Inclusion?
- What is Internship?
- What is Onboarding?
- What is Poaching? - Meaning and Types
- What is Reimbursement?
- What is Relieving Letter?
- What is Role?
- What Is SDI Tax? State Disability Insurance Explained
- What is Span of Control?
- Whistleblower Meaning
- White Collar Workers Meaning
- White Paper
- White vs Blue Collar Workers
- Withholding
- Women’s Rights in UAE
- Work behavior
- Work Ethic
- Work From Home
- Work Plan
- Work-Life Balance
- Workers Compensation
- Workforce
- Workforce Analysis
- Workforce Management
- Workforce Planning
- Workplace bullying
- Workplace stress
- Wrongful termination
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