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Human Resources
This core vocabulary reference sheet provides key words and phrases for human
resources and personnel departments. This vocabulary can be used in English for
specific purposes classes as a starting point for including vocabulary study relating to
anything related to working in human resources. Teachers are often not equipped
with the exact English terminology required in very specific trade sectors. For this
reason, core vocabulary sheets go a long way in helping teachers provide adequate
materials for students with English for Specific Purposes needs.
absentee
absenteeism
absenteeism rate
accident at work - industrial
injury
applicant - candidate
application form
to apply for a job
to appoint a person
apprenticeship
aptitude test
to ask for a rise
assessment of applicants
assistant
back pay
bargaining power
basic salary
to be dismissed - to be fired
to be laid off
to be on probation - to be on
trial
to be on strike
to be out of work
dismissal
dismissal for cause
dismissal without notice
early retirement
employer
employment agency
employment card - working
papers
employment contract - labour
contract
employment for a trial period
employment office
employment rate
executive cadres
executive personnel
exit permit
experienced person
family allowances
to fill a vacancy
freelance
full-time employment
full employment
full time
internal regulations
to interview
irregular work -
discontinuous work
job - employment
job application
job description
job evaluation
job satisfaction
job security
job sharing
junior clerk - junior
employee
labor costs
labor disputes
labor force - manpower
labor market
labor mobility
labor relations - trade-
union relations
labor retraining
labor supply
learning by doing -
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business hours - office hours
Christmas bonus
clerical work - office work
company bargaining -
company negotiation
compensation for permanent
disability
concealed work -
moonlighting
contractual situation
cost of living allowance
credentials
day shift
direct labour
disability pension
disciplinary measure -
disciplinary sanction
to dismiss - to fire
overtime pay
overtime work
part-time
part-time job
partial disability
pay
pay formula - retribution
diagram
pay increase for merit
payroll - payroll ledger
payslip
pension
pension fund
period of notice
general strike
to go on strike
gross wages and salaries
have an accident at work
health care
higher education - advanced
education
to hold a position
holiday (GB) - vacation (US)
human relations - human
relationships
independent unions
index-linked wages
indirect labour
industrial relations (GB) -
labor relations (US)
industrial tribunal - labour
court
retirement
retirement age
right to strike
to risk indemnity
role clash
salaried workers - employees
salary
salary range - wage band
seasonal employment
seasonal workers
secondary job
to secure employment
to select candidates
senior clerk - senior employee
learning by practice
leave
letter of appointment
lock-out
management training
managing director
middle management
minimum rate of pay
motivation
night shift
occupation - employment
office hours
office manager
office staff - office
personnel
on the job training
outsourcing
to train
training
training period
trial period
under contract
underemployed
unemployment
unemployment benefits
union dues - union
subscription
union officer - trade
unionist
unjustified dismissal
unpaid leave
unskilled labour
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permanent disability
permanent job - steady job
permanent staff
personnel - staff
personnel department
personnel requirements
planner
prevention
production bonus
professional qualifications
professional training
programmer
public holiday (GB) -
national holiday (US)
purchasing manager
re-employment
redundancy payment
refresher course
relationship management
remuneration
resign (chairman) - to give
notice (employee)
resignation (chairman) -
notice (employee)
to retire
severance pay - dismissal pay
short-term employment
sick leave
skilled labour
skilled work
skilled workers
social costs
social insurance - national
insurance
social security
sole director
staff costs - personnel costs
to strike
striker
to take measures
to take one's holidays
temporary disability
temporary staff
the job is still vacant
top manager
total disability
trade-union (GB) - labor
union (US)
unskilled worker
vacancy - vacant position
wage-cost spiral
wage-earning workers
wage-packet (GB) - pay
envelope (US)
wage bargaining - pay
negotiations
wage ceiling
wage claims
wage dynamics
wage freeze
wage indexation scale
wage pressures
welfare contributions
to work at home
work overtime
work sheet
worker - blue-collar
worker
working day
working hour
workload
workplace
workshift