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HR Glossary
A glossary of everyday terms for HR professionals and small business owners. Workstream helps businesses large and small to hire faster, every day. Don't let your questions go unanswered - reach out to us today and learn how you can hire faster too.
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9-80 Work Schedule
147c
360 Survey
401(a)
401(k)
403(b)
457
Absence Management
Absence Management Policy
Absenteeism Policy
ACA (Affordable Care Act)
Accessibility
Accruals (Leave)
Actual Deferred Percentage (ADP)
Adaptive Device
Administrative Services Only (ASO)
Advanced Earned Income Credit
Adverse Impact
Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action Plan (AAP)
After-Tax Deduction
Ageism
Agile Organization
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Annualized Salary
Annuity
Applicant Flow Log
Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
Attachment
Attrition
Automated Clearing House (ACH)
Awards and Prizes
Baby Boomers
Back Pay
Base Wage Rate
Basic Salary
Before-Tax Deduction
Behavioral-Based Interview Questions
Benefits Administration
Bereavement
Bereavement Leave
Biweekly Pay
Blended Workforce
Boomerang Employee
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
Business Agility
Business Partnership
California Labor Laws
Career Plateau
CASDI
Certificate of Good Standing
Circular A
Circular E
Common-Law Test
Compensation
Compensatory Time Off
Competency Based Pay
Conditions of Employment
Constructive Discharge
Contingency Recruiting
Contingent Worker
CP 575 Letter
CPP (Certified Payroll Professional)
Cross-Functional Teams
Deduction
Deferred Compensation
Dependent Care Benefits (W-2)
Direct Deposit
Direct Reports
Disability Leave
Disciplinary Action
Disciplinary Actions
Disparate Effect
Disposable Earnings
Disregarded Entity
Dual Labor Market
Duties Test
Earned Income Credit (EIC)
Earnings
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
Emotional Intelligence
Employee
Employee Benefits
Employee Benefits Administration
Employee Database
Employee Deductions
Employee Empowerment
Employee Engagement in HR
Employee Evaluation
Employee Handbook
Employee Management
Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS)
Employee Onboarding
Employee Orientation
Employee Relations
Employee Satisfaction
Employee Turnover
Employee Type
Employer Identification Number (EIN)
Employer Payroll Taxes
Employment Contract
Employment Status
Evidence of Insurability
Exempt Employee
Exemption
Exempt vs. Non-Exempt
Exit Interview
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Federal Holidays
Federal ID Number
Federal Income Tax (FIT)
Federal Income Tax Withholding (FITW)
Federal Mileage Rate
Federal Mileage Reimbursement
Federal Minimum Wage
Federal Tax Deposit
Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA)
FICA
Flat Tax Withholding
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Floating Holiday
FLSA Status
FMLA Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
Form 940
Form 941
Form 942
Form 1040-ES
Form 1042-S
Form 1099
Form 1099-SA
Form 1120-S
Form 2553
Form 5498-SA
Form 8109
Form 8233
Form 8809
Form 8832
Form I-9
Forms 1094-C and 1095-C
Franchise Business
Fringe Benefits
Front Pay
FSA Limits
FTE (Full-Time Equivalent)
Full-Time Hours
Garnishment
Generation Y
Generation Z
Glass Ceiling
Good Standing
Gross-to-Net (GTN)
Gross-Up
Gross Amounts
Gross Income
Gross Pay
Gross vs. Net Income
Gross Wages
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Holiday Pay
Hourly Employee
Hourly to Annual Salary
Hourly to Salary
Hourly to Yearly
Hours Worked
HR Business Partner
HR Software
HSA Contribution Limits
HSA Reimbursement
Human Capital Management (HCM)
Human Resources Information System (HRIS)
Human Resources Management System (HRMS)
Impute
Imputed Income
Independent Contractor
Indirect Compensation
Informal Communication
Job Classification
Knowledge Management
Labor Force
Leave Accrual Processing
Leave of Absence
Letter of Termination
Levy
Limited Purpose FSA
Magnetic Media Reporting
Medical Leave of Absence
Medicare Wages and Tips (W-2)
Military Leave from Work
Millennials
Minimum Wage
Nepotism
Net Pay
New Hire Report
Non-Discrimination Testing
Non-Qualified Plans (W-2)
Non-Resident Alien
Occupational Stress
Offboarding
Onboarding
Operating Budget
OSHA Form 300
OSHA Form 301
Overtime
Paid Holidays
Paid Time Off (PTO)
P and L Statement
Part-Time Hours
Partial Pay
Passive Candidate
Pay Calculation
Pay Group
Pay Period
Payroll
Payroll Activities
Payroll Deduction
Payroll Service
Payroll Software
Payroll Tax Rates
Pay Stub
PCORI Fees
Per Diem
Performance Improvement
Performance Management
Performance Review
Personal Income Tax (PIT)
Pre-Tax Deduction
Preferred Provider Organization
Prior Period Adjustment
Professional Employer Organization (PEO)
Profit and Loss Statement
Proof of Insurance
Qualifying Life Event
Quarterly Federal Tax Return
Real Time Processing
Recruiting Software
Regular Time
Retaliation
Retention Strategy
Retro Pay
Salaried Employee
Salaried Non-Exempt
Salary Basis Test
SDI Tax
Seasonal Employment
Secondary Insurance
Self-Employed Health Insurance Deduction
Self-Employment Tax
Shift Differential
Sick Leave Pay
Social Security Administration
Social Security Number (SSN)
Social Security Tax
Social Security Tips (W-2)
Social Security Wages (W-2)
Sourcing
Standard Deduction
Standard Hours
State Tax Withholding
State Unemployment Tax Act (SUTA)
Statutory Employee
Straight-Time Pay
Succession Plan
SUI (State Unemployment Insurance)
Supplemental Wages
Talent Acquisition
Talent Management
Taxable Wage Base
Tax Levy
Termination Letter
Time-to-Hire
Time Tracking
TIN Number
Turnover Rate
Vacation Pay
VTO (Voluntary/Volunteer Time Off)
W-2 Form
W-3 Form
W-4 Form
W-5 Form
Wages
Wage to Salary
Withholding
Worker
Workers’ Compensation
Workweek
Year to Date (YTD)