2025 was big. 2026 is bigger. See how →

HR Glossary

Your guide to key HR definitions and employee management terms.

0-9

457(b) Plan 9/80 Work Schedule 9-Box Grid

A

Absence Management Absenteeism Policy Americans with Disability Act (ADA)Annual Leave AI Anxiety Applicant Tracking Software (ATS)Appraisal Letter Asynchronous Work

B

Bare Minimum Mondays Benefits Administration Bereavement Leave Blue Collar Boomerang Employee Boreout

C

Career Cushioning Career Path Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)Chief People Officer (CPO)Chief Remote Officer (CRO)Code of Conduct Coffee Badging Company Culture Compassion Leave Compensatory Time Off Contingent Worker Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

D

Digital Nomadism Direct Report Disciplinary Infraction Discretionary Bonus Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

E

Employee Attrition Employee Engagement Employee Ghosting Employee Handbook Employee Identification Number (EIN)Employee Management Software (EMS)Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS)Employee Orientation Employee Self Service (ESS)Employee Value Proposition (EVP)Employment Contract Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)Exit Interview Expatriate

F

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)Federal Holidays FICA Floating Days Form 2553 Form 8832 Fringe Benefits Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)

G

Garden Leave Generation Alpha Ghost Jobs Gig Workers Glass Cliff Gross Salary

H

Hiring Freeze HR Business Partner (HRBP)HR Software Human Resource Information System (HRIS)Human Resource Management System (HRMS)Human Resources (HR)Hushed Hybrid Hybrid Work

I

Independent Contractor Insubordination Internal Recruitment

J

Job Classification Job Description Job Enrichment

K

Key Performance Indicator (KPI)Knowledge Management Kudos

L

Labor Turnover Layoff Learning Management System (LMS)Leave of Absence Loud Quitting

M

Maternity Leave Matrix Organization Medical Leave Military Leave Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)

N

Naked Quitting Net Salary Neurodiversity in the Workplace Non-compete Agreement Notice Period

O

Offboarding Onboarding Open Door Policy Organizational Chart Outsourcing

P

Paid Time Off (PTO)Parental Leave Pay Equity Pay Stub Performance Management Predictive HR Analytics Proximity Bias

Q

Quiet Hiring Quiet Quitting Quittok

R

Rage Applying Recruitment Specialist Remote Work Remuneration Package Resenteeism Retro Pay Return-to-Office (RTO)Reverse mentoring Roth 401(k)

S

Sabbatical Leave Salaried Non-Exempt Salary Benchmarking Seasonal Employee Severance Pay Skills Gap Social Security Number (SSN)Social Security Tax Soft Skills Statutory Employee Stay Interview Succession Planning Sunday Scaries

T

Talent Acquisition Talent Pool Talent Shortage Taxable Wage Base Time in Lieu

U

Unfair Labor Practice Union Unlimited PTO Unretirement Upskilling

V

Voluntary Benefits

W

W-2 Form Wellness Program Whistleblowing Work Ethic Work-Life Balance Workation Workforce Management Workforce Planning

Cut the clutter in HR tasks,
and grow your business faster

No credit card needed, downgrade or cancel anytime