MightyRecruiterGlossary Terms A-z
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A
- Anti-nepotism policy
- Applicant
- Affirmative Action Plan (AAP)
- After-acquire evidence
- Affected Class
- Affirmative Action (AA)
- Affirmative Action Clauses
- Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
- Application service provider (ASP)
- Apprenticeship
- Arbitration
- Attorney
- Attrition
- Advisory committee
- Applicant flow data
- Applicant pool
- Adverse action
- Adverse selection
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990
- Applicant tracking
- Adverse impact
- At-will Employment
- Applicant flow log
- Applicant files
B
- Blue Collar Workers
- Back Pay
- Baldridge National Quality Award
- Background Check/Investigation
- Bereavement Leave
- Benefits
- Burden of Proof
- Behavioral-Based Interview
- Bonus Plan
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
- Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale (BARS)
- Breach of Contract
- Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
- Bankruptcy
C
- Core competencies
- Co-employment
- Color discrimination
- Comparable worth
- Compensatory time-off plan
- Cultural differences
- Cultural integration
- Constructive discharge
- Consultant
- Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968
- Consumer credit report
- Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act (COBRA) of 1985
- Cafeteria Plan
- Caucus
- Curriculum vitae (c.v)
- Compliance Officer
- Compliance
- Confidentiality Agreement
- Contractor
- Conflict of Interest
- Conciliation agreement
- Competency-based pay
- Condition of Employment
- Casual Employment
- Core work activities
- Centralization
- Corporate citizenship (corporate social responsibility)
- Contingent worker
- Competencies
- Compressed workweek
- Consideration
- Concurrent Validity
- Child-Labor Law
D
- disclosure
- discretionary bonus
- discrimination
- Damages
- Defamation
- Disability management
- Disabled individual
- Disabled Veteran
- Disciplinary action
- Disciplinary layoff
- Downgrading
- Diversity
- Demotion
- Direct compensation
- Disparate treatment
- Domestic Partner Benefits
- Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988
- disqualifying income
- disparate impact
- Department of Labor (DOL)
- Disability
- Displaced workers
- Downshifting
- Drug testing
- Diversity
E
- Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)
- Employee stock purchase plan
- employment agency
- employment agency
- Employment agreement/contract
- employment-at-will
- employment visas
- equal opportunity clause
- Equal Treatment
- Executive compensation
- Executive development
- Executive Order
- Executive Order 11246 of 1965
- Executive search firm
- Exempt employees
- Exit interview
- Expatriate
- Expedited arbitration
- Employment practices liability insurance (EPLI)
- Employment practices liability audit
- Employment torts
- Equal opportunity survey
- Equal Pay Act of 1963
- Equal employment opportunity (EEO)
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- employment practice
- EEO-1 category
- employer
- Employer information report EEO-1
F
- Flexible benefit plan
- Flexible scheduling
- Flexible staffing
- Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) of 1966
- Fringe benefit
- Front pay
- Full-time equivalent (FTE)
- Fully insured plan
- Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) of 1969
- Fair representation
- fair representation
- Fetal Protection Policy
- Flextime
- Field Interview
- Family Status Change
- Fitness for Duty
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993
G
H
- Hazard Communication Standard of 1988
- Hazard pay
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996
- Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- Human Resource Auditing
- Human Resource Development
- Human Resources
- Human Resource Management
- Hostile Environment Harassment
- Home-Based Worker
- Human Resource Information System (HRIS)
- Human resource planning
- Human resource metrics
- Human resource management system
I
- Interview to offer ratio
- Invitation to self-identify
- Indirect Labor
- Indirect costs
- Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986
- Independent Contractor
- Implied Contract
- Indirect Compensation
- Informed Consent
- Illegal immigrant/alien
- Individual retirement account
- Interpretive Guidelines on Sexual Harassment
- Injunction
- Interview
- Incentive Pay Plan
- Intellectual Property
- Insubordination
- Incentive Pay
- Incentive Stock Option
J
L
M
- Mandatory Retirement Age Law of 1978
- Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
- Mean Wage
- Median
- Median wage
- medicare
- Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA) of 1996
- Minimum qualifications
- Minority business enterprise
- Minorities
- Mission statement
- Minimum wage
- Mitigation
- Moonlighting
- Money Purchase Plan
- Multi-Employer Plan
- merger
- mediation
O
- Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) of 1970
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP)
- Ombudsperson
- Oral reprimand
- Occupational disease
- Open enrollment period
- Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA) of 1990
- O*Net (Occupational Information Network)
- Overtime
P
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Parental leave
- Part-time employee
- Pay grades
- Payroll records
- Policy/procedures manual
- Professional Employer Organization (PEO)
- Profit sharing plan
- Proprietary information
- Probationary period
- Paternity leave
- Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) of 1978
- Protected class
- Pre-tax contributions
- Plan Administrator
- Prescription Drug Benefits
- Policy
- Paid leave bank
- Premium only plan (POP)
- Probation
- Prepaid Group Legal Plan
- Pay adjustment
- Pay range
- Prevailing Wage
- Premium Pay
Q
R
S
- Safe Harbor Regulations
- Salary Compression
- Salary Grade
- Salary Range
- Stakeholder
- Statute of limitation
- Sexual harassment
- Sexual orientation
- Short-term disability
- Sick leave
- SIMPLE Plan
- Skill
- Skill-based pay
- Skill gap
- Skills inventory
- Skills training
- Social Security
- Soft skills
- Special disabled veteran
- Staff leasing
- Social Security card
- Staffing metrics
- Shareholder
- Staffing
U
V
W
- Wage and Salary Administration
- Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989
- Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) of 1988
- Workers' compensation
- Workplace bullying
- Workplace flexibility
- Workplace violence
- Wrongful discharge
- Wage Curve
- Wage and Salary Survey
- Waiver
- Wage Structure
- Wage Differential
- Wage Garnishment
- Wage Gap