The BerniePortal HR Glossary of HR Terms
Your go-to HR glossary, featuring many of the most common human resources terms, acronyms, and compliance regulations.
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- 360 Survey
- 401(k)
- Absence Management
- Absenteeism
- Accrual Bank
- Administrative Personal Leave
- Affirmative Action
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- After-Tax Deduction
- Age Discrimination
- Amazon Care
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Ancillary Benefits
- Applicable Large Employer (ALE)
- Applicant Tracking Software
- At-Will Employment
- Auto-Adjudication
- Back Pay
- Background Check
- Basic Salary
- Behavioral Interview
- Benefits Administration
- Benefits Provider
- Bereavement Leave
- Boomerang Employee
- Business Agility
- Career Break
- Career Plateau
- CARES Act
- Case Interview
- Catastrophic Health Plan
- Co-Employment
- COBRA
- Coinsurance
- Commission
- Commuter Benefits
- Company Culture
- Compensation
- Compensatory Time Off
- Competency-Based Interview
- Competency-Based Pay
- Compliance
- Copayment
- Cross-Functional Team
- Culture Guide
- Deductible
- Deferred Compensation
- Defined Contribution
- Dental Insurance
- Dependent
- Disability Insurance
- Disability Leave
- Disposable Earnings
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
- Dual Labor Market
- EEO-1 Survey
- Effective Date
- Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
- Employed
- Employee
- Employee Benefits
- Employee Database
- Employee Empowerment
- Employee Engagement
- Employee Handbook
- Employee Leave
- Employee Management
- Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS)
- Employee Orientation
- Employee Perks
- Employee Relations
- Employee Retention
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- Employee Satisfaction
- Employee Type
- Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Employment Contract
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Essential Job Functions
- Evidence of Insurability
- Evidence of Insurability (EOI)
- Exempt Employee
- Exit Interview
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Federal Tax Deposit
- Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Flexible Working Hours
- Floating Holiday
- Forced Arbitration
- Form 940
- Form 941: Quarterly Federal Tax Return
- Form 1094-C
- Form 1095-C
- Form I-9
- Form W-2
- Form W-4
- Fringe Benefits
- Front Pay vs. Back Pay
- Full-Time Employee
- Full-Time Equivalency (FTE)
- Furlough
- Gamification
- Gig Workers
- Great Resignation
- Gross Pay
- Gross Wages
- Group Interview
- Guaranteed Issue
- Health Insurance
- Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
- Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP)
- Holidays
- HR Business Partner
- HR Generalist
- HR Software
- HR Specialist
- Independent Contractor
- Indirect Compensation
- Individual Coverage HRA (ICHRA)
- Informal Communication
- Job Classification
- Job Description
- Jury Duty
- Labor Force
- Labor Law Poster
- Layoff
- Life Insurance
- Lump-Sum PTO
- Maternity Leave
- Military Leave and Employment
- Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC)
- Minimum Wage
- Mission Statement
- Monthly Premium
- Nepotism
- Net Pay
- Network
- New Hire Report
- No Surprises Act (NSA)
- Non-Compete Agreement
- Non-Exempt Employee
- Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Occupational Stress
- Offer Letter
- On-Demand Pay
- Onboarding
- Onboarding Software
- Open Enrollment
- OSHA Form 300A
- Out-of-Pocket Maximum
- Overtime
- Paid Family Leave
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Panel Interview
- Part-Time Employee
- Passive Candidate
- Passive Enrollment
- Passive Recruitment
- Pay Compression
- Pay Equity
- Pay Period
- Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
- Payroll
- Payroll Certification
- Performance Appraisal
- Performance Management
- Performance Review
- Personality Assessment
- Pre-Tax Deduction
- Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
- Premium Tax Credit (PTC)
- PTO Banks
- QSEHRA
- Qualifying Event
- Reasonable Accommodation
- Recruitment
- Retaliation
- Retention Strategy
- Salary Basis Test
- Section 125 Cafeteria Plan
- Severance Package
- Sexual Harassment
- Smart Goals
- State Unemployment Insurance (SUI)
- Statutory Employee
- Stay Interview
- Stress Interview
- Succession Plan
- Talent Sourcing
- Target Compensation
- Tax Levy
- Telecommuting
- Telemedicine
- Time-to-Hire
- Turnover
- Unlimited PTO
- Unpaid Time-Off
- Upskilling
- Vacation Days
- Vision Insurance
- Voluntary Benefits
- Waiting Period
- Wellness Program
- Work Anniversary
- Workers' Compensation