Global HR Glossary & Terminology

Learn more about common terms related to global hiring, payroll, employee benefits, immigration, and workforce compliance.

A-D

A

Accrued Payroll

Adaptability in the Workplace

Affiliate Company

Agent of Record

Agile Workforce

Annualized Salary

Asynchronous Communication

B

B-1 Business Visa

Benefits Administration

Bi-Weekly Payroll

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)

C

Career Mobility

Chief Human Resources Officer

Common Law Employee

Compensation and Benefits Manager

Compensation Package

Compensation Planning

Compensation Policy

Compliance Management

Compliance Risk Management

Conditional Offer of Employment

Conditions of Employment

Contingent Worker

Contract Employee

Contract Staffing

Cultural Intelligence

D

Decentralized Workforce

Direct Compensation

Disregarded Entity

Distributed Workforce

E-H

E

Emerging Markets

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Employee Benefits

Employee Leasing

Employee Mobility

Employee Time Tracking

Employee Transfer

Employee Upskilling

Employee Value Proposition (EVP)

Employee Wellness Program

Employer Branding Specialist

Employer Identification Number (EIN)

Employment Agreement

Employment Status

Equity Incentive Plan

Expatriate Compensation

Expatriate Employee

F

Family & Medical Leave Act

Flexible Workspaces

Floating Holiday

Foreign-Invested Enterprise (FIE)

Foreign Legal Entity

Foreign Subsidiary

Foreign Worker Levy

FTE (Full-Time Equivalent)

H

HR Business Partner (HRBP)

Human Capital Management (HCM)

I-L

I

Immigration Consultant

Indefinite Employment Contract

Indirect Compensation

In-Kind Benefits

International Double Taxation

International Employment

International Employment Law

International Labor Law

International Payroll Outsourcing

IR35 Legislation

L

Leave of Absence (LOA)

Legal Entity Rationalization (LER)

M-P

M

Managed Payroll

Market Expansion

Maternity Leave

Misclassification

Multi-Country Payroll

N

O

Off-Cycle Payroll

P

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Paternity Leave

Payment in Lieu of Notice (PILON)

Payroll Compliance

Performance Bonus

PERM Labor Certification

Post-tax Deduction

Probationary Period

Q-T

Q

R

Recruitment Operations Manager

Relocation Package

Remote Work Allowances

Residence Permit

Rotational Assignment

S

Salaried Employee

Skills-Based Hiring

Skills Gap Analysis

Statutory Benefits

Supplemental Pay

T

Talent Acquisition Manager

Talent Arbitrage

Tax Equalization

Tax Identification Number (TIN)

Temporary Employee

Time to Market (TTM)

Total Remuneration

Tripartite Agreement

U-X

U

Unpaid Time Off

Upskilling and Reskilling

V

Virtual Employee

Visa Sponsorship

W

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary

Work Authorization

Workforce Planning Manager

Work-From-Anywhere (WFA) Job

Workforce Agility

Workforce Mobility

Y-Z-#

Z

Zero-Hour Contract

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