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Superglossary - HR Category: Management > Human Resources Date & country: 16/12/2013, USA Words: 936

Voluntary Leave-Layoff
Leave without pay that is taken on a voluntary basis by employees for specified duration. Often used

Voluntary Reduction In Hours
Allows employees to voluntarily reduce their working hours as well as their pay for a specified dura

Volunteerism
Organizational support, often in the form of paid leave or sponsorship, for employees pursuing volun

Wage And Salary Administration
Procedures used for planning and administering organization-wide compensation programs for all level

Wage And Salary Survey
A benchmark report consisting of market pay data for a variety of jobs conducted either on a local o

Wage Curve
Depicts pay rates currently being paid for each job within a pay grade in relation with the rankings

Wage Differential
Differences in wage rates for similar jobs occurring either due to the location of company, hours of

Wage Gap
The difference in pay between female employees and male employees who are performing the same or com

Wage Garnishment
Usually in the form of a court order, a garnishment requires withholding a portion of an employee

Wage Structure
Depicts the range of pay rates to be paid for each grade for various positions within the organizati

Waiver
A document signed by either an employee or prospective employee in which he or she renounces certain

Weingarten Rule
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a decision by the Labor Board that employees have a right, protected b

Welfare Plan
A plan designed to provide employees with coverage for medical or hospital care and surgical procedu

Welfare-To-Work Tax Credit
The Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit is a federal income tax credit that encourages employers to hire long

Well Child Care
Health care benefits that provide payment for routine office visits and physical examinations, immun

Wellness Program
Programs, such as on-site or subsidized fitness centers, health screenings, smoking cessation, weigh

White Collar Employees
Employees who are paid on a salaried basis and whose jobs do not require the performance of work of

Willful Misconduct
Willful misconduct is defined as any action, taken by an employee consciously and willfully, that is

Work And Family Programs
Work programs and benefits, such as adoption benefits, dependent care assistance, leave programs, fl

Work Hardening
A program, typically lasting four to six weeks, that provides workers who were injured on the job an

Work Opportunity Tax Credit
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), authorized by the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996

Work Sampling
The measurement of how employees spend their time and the number of work units being produced by emp

Work Simplification
The process of making a job easier and simpler to perform. Involves analyzing various job tasks by c

Work Stoppage
A work stoppage occurs when employees cease to perform their jobs as a means of showing their suppor

Work-Life Balance
Having a measure of control over when, where and how individuals work, leading to their being able t

Workers Compensation
State laws enacted to provide workers with protection and income replacement benefits due to an illn

Workforce Analysis
A listing of each job title as the title appears in applicable collective bargaining agreements or p

Workforce Planning
The assessment of current workforce content and composition issues used to determine what actions mu

Workplace Bullying
Persistent, offensive, abusive, intimidating or insulting behavior or unfair actions directed at ano

Workplace Flexibility
Defines workplaces who provide employees with flexibility in matters such as scheduling of hours wor

Workplace Violence
Assaults and other violent acts or threats that occur in or are related to the workplace and entail

Written Warning
Written documentation given to an employee describing specific disciplinary infractions, such as ina

Wrongful Discharge
An exception to the at-will employment doctrine, wrongful discharge/termination is the unjust or unf

Yellow Dog Contract
An employment contract or agreement, either oral or in writing, that forbids employees from joining

Zero-Based Bonus
A plan design feature that establishes a pre-assigned class, ratio, or ranking for a specified class

Zero-Based Budgeting
A budgeting system that starts with no authorized funds as a starting point. In a zero-based budget,