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| human resource management (HRM) | consists of all activities involved with acquiring, developing, and compensating the people who do the company's work |
| 360-degree feedback | uses performance feedback gathered from a broad range of people with whom the employee works rather than from just the employee's manager |
| employee assistance programs | provide confidential personal problem-solving, counseling, and support services for employees |
| job description | a list of basic tasks that make up a job |
| job specification | a list of the qualifications a worker needs a job |
| employee agencies | businesses that actively recruit, evaluate, and help people prepare for and locate jobs |
| promotion | the advancement of an employee within a company to a position with more authority and responsibility |
| transfer | the assignment of an employee to another job in that company that, in general, involves the same level of responsibility and authority as the person's current work |
| discharge | the release of an employee from the company due to inappropriate work behaviour |
| layoff | a temporary or permanent reduction in the number of employees because of a change of business condtitions |
| employee runover | the rate at which people enter and leave employment in a business during a year |
| exit interview | a formal interview with an employee who is leaving the company to determine his or her attitudes about the company and suggestions for improvement |
| Department of Labour (DOL) | administers and enforces more than 180 laws related to employment and workplace safety |
| Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) | prescribes standards for wages and overtime pay |
| Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) | regulates safety and health conditions in most businesses |
| Social Security | a social insurance program funded through payroll contributions |
| medicare | provides supplemental health insurance for retirement-age people as well as others with specified disabilities |
| workers' compensation | requires employees to provide insurance for the death, injury, or illness of employees that result from their work |
| Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) | requires that employers covered by the law must allow an eligible employee up to a total of 12 weeks of leave during a year for certain reasons |
| The Civil Rights Act | act that prohibits discrimination in hiring, training, and promotion on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or national origin |
| Equal Pay Act | act that prohibits unequal pay for men and women doing the same work |
| Age Discrimination in Employment Work | act that prohibits discrimination in conditions of employment or job opportunities for persons over 40 years old |
| Immigration Reform and Control Act | act that requires employees to verify that potential employees are not aliens unauthorised to work in the US and prohibits employment discrimination because of national origin or citizenship status |
| Americans with Disabilities Act | act that prohibits discrimination against qualified people with disabilities in employment, public services, transportation, public accommodations, and telecommunications |
