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    A-D

    A-D

    A

    A1 Certificate

    Accrued Payroll

    Acquihire

    Adaptability in the Workplace

    Affiliate Company

    Agent of Record

    Agile Workforce

    Annualized Salary

    Annuity

    Asynchronous Communication

    B

    B-1 Business Visa

    B1/B2 Visa

    Back Pay

    Back Taxes

    Benefits Administration

    Bi-Weekly Payroll

    Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)

    C

    Career Mobility

    Chief Human Resources Officer

    Co-Employment

    Common Law Employee

    Compensation Analyst

    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 Labor

    Contract Staffing

    Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Manager

    Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)

    Coworking

    Crypto Payroll

    Cultural Intelligence

    Cut-Off Date

    D

    Decentralized Workforce

    Digital Nomad

    Direct Compensation

    Disregarded Entity

    Distributed Workforce

    Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Manager

    Divestiture

    DPA

    E-H

    E-H

    E

    Emerging Markets

    Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

    Employee Benefits

    Employee Experience Manager

    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

    EU Platform Work Directive (PWD)

    Expatriate Compensation

    Expatriate Employee

    F

    Family & Medical Leave Act

    Flexible Workspaces

    Floating Holiday

    Foreign Earned

    Foreign-Invested Enterprise (FIE)

    Foreign Legal Entity

    Foreign Subsidiary

    Foreign Worker Levy

    Form 673

    Form 1096

    Form 1099-NEC

    Form 1099-MISC

    Form W-9

    Form SS-8

    FTE (Full-Time Equivalent)

    FUTA

    G

    GDPR Compliance

    Geographic Arbitrage

    Geographical Discrimination

    Global Compensation

    Global Contractor

    Global Employment Organization (GEO)

    Global Employment Outsourcing

    Global Fluency

    Global HR Manager

    Global HR Policy Analyst

    Global Human Resource Management

    Global Marketplace

    Global Mobility

    Global Mobility Manager

    Global Onboarding Specialist

    Global Payroll

    Global Payroll Manager

    Global PEO

    Global Recruitment

    Global Teams

    Global Workforce

    Global Workforce Management

    Green Card

    Gross Income

    Gross to Net (GTN)

    H

    H-1B Visa

    HR Business Analyst

    HR Business Partner (HRBP)

    HR Compliance

    HR Compliance Manager

    HR Coordinator

    HR Director

    HR Generalist

    HRIS Manager

    HR Policy Manager

    HR Software

    HR Sourcing

    HR Specialist

    HR Technology Manager

    Human Capital Consultant in Growing Organizations

    Human Capital Management (HCM)

    I-L

    I-L

    I

    Immigration Consultant

    Importance of an HR Compliance Officer in International Businesses

    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

    L-1 Visa

    Labor Law

    Labor Market

    Labor Relations Manager

    Learning Experience Designer

    Leave of Absence (LOA)

    Learning and Development Manager

    Legal Entity Rationalization (LER)

    M-P

    M-P

    M

    Managed Payroll

    Market Expansion

    Maternity Leave

    Misclassification

    Multi-Country Payroll

    N

    Net Pay

    Non-Employee

    Notice Period

    O

    Off-Cycle Payroll

    Offboarding

    Offshoring

    Onboarding

    Organizational Development (OD) Manager

    Overtime

    P

    Paid Time Off (PTO)

    Parental Leave

    Paternity Leave

    Pay Period

    Payment in Lieu of Notice (PILON)

    Payout

    Payroll Compliance

    Payroll Cycle

    Payslip

    People Analytics Manager

    People Operations Specialist

    Per Diem

    Performance Bonus

    PERM Labor Certification

    Post-tax Deduction

    Pre-Tax Income

    Probationary Period

    Product Owner Job Description & Role

    Project Manager Job Description & Role

    Q-T

    Q-T

    Q

    Quiet Hiring

    R

    Recruitment Marketing Specialist

    Recruitment Operations Manager

    Relocation Package

    Remote Work

    Remote Work Allowances

    Remote Work Coordinator

    Residence Permit

    Retro Pay

    Rotational Assignment

    S

    Salaried Employee

    Salary Review

    Secondment

    SEP IRA

    Shadow Payroll

    Skills-Based Hiring

    Skills Gap Analysis

    Statutory Benefits

    Stock Grants

    Supplemental Pay

    SWIFT Payment

    T

    Talent Acquisition Manager

    Talent Arbitrage

    Talent Density

    Tax Equalization

    Tax Identification Number (TIN)

    Temporary Employee

    Time to Market (TTM)

    Total Remuneration

    Total Rewards

    Total Rewards Manager

    Tripartite Agreement

    U-X

    U-X

    U

    Unpaid Time Off

    Upskilling and Reskilling

    V

    Virtual Employee

    Virtual Teams

    Visa Sponsorship

    VP of People

    W

    W2 Employee

    Wages

    Wholly-Owned Subsidiary

    Work Authorization

    Workforce Planning Manager

    Work-From-Anywhere (WFA) Job

    Work Permit

    Work Visa

    Workforce Agility

    Workforce Mobility

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    Y-Z-#

    Z

    Zero-Hour Contract

    #

    14th-Month Pay

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