A comprehensive guide to HR terms and definitions.
A feedback process where employees receive confidential, anonymous feedback from the people who work around them.
Software used by recruiters and employers to track candidates throughout the recruiting and hiring process.
Non-wage compensation provided to employees in addition to their normal wages or salaries.
The total cash and non-cash payments that you give to an employee in exchange for the work they do for your business.
The practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.
The extent to which employees feel passionate about their jobs, are committed to the organization, and put discretionary effort into their work.
A United States labor law requiring covered employers to provide employees with job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons.
A formal complaint raised by an employee towards an employer within the workplace.
The division of a business that is charged with finding, screening, recruiting, and training job applicants, and administering employee-benefit programs.
A structured conversation where one participant asks questions, and the other provides answers.
A broad, general, and written statement of a specific job, based on the findings of a job analysis.
A type of performance measurement that evaluates the success of an organization or of a particular activity in which it engages.
An organization of workers formed for the purpose of advancing its members' interests in respect to wages, benefits, and working conditions.
A relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps to guide a less experienced or less knowledgeable person.
The practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs.
The action or process of integrating a new employee into an organization or familiarizing a new customer or client with one's products or services.
A regular review of an employee's job performance and overall contribution to a company.