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Global HR Glossary

Employing and managing a global workforce comes with a whole new vocabulary. Get to know the lingo with our glossary of global HR terms.

360-degree survey

Absence management

After-tax deduction

Agent of record

Applicant tracking system (ATS)

Boomerang employee

Cloud-based HR software

Common-law employee

Compassionate leave

Compensation package

Compensation philosophy

Compensation policy

Cost-of-living adjustment (COLA)

Decentralized payroll

Deferred compensation

Digital nomad visa

Digital presenteeism

Distributed work

Distributed workforce

Employee Self Service (ESS)

Employee assistance program (EAP)

Employee centricity

Employee experience

Employee lifetime value (ELTV)

Employee misclassification

Employee onboarding

Employee resource groups (ERGs)

Employee retention strategy

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Employee turnover

Employee value proposition (EVP)

Employer of Record (EOR)

Equity compensation

Equity joint venture

Exercising stock options

Flexible working arrangements

Foreign subsidiary

Full-time employee

Geographical discrimination

Global contractor

Global employer

Global employment solution

Global hiring platform

Global recruitment software

Global risk management

Global salary benchmarking

HR management software

Incentive-based compensation

Independent contractor

International employment law

International tax compliance

Job description

Joint venture subsidiary

Letter of termination

Location-agnostic pay

Mission-driven company

Non-compete agreement

Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)

Nonlinear workday

Overseas entity

Partially owned subsidiary

Pay-as-you-go (PAYG) contractor

Payroll automation

Payroll outsourcing

Planes de opciones sobre acciones virtuales (VSOP)

Post-tax deduction

Qualifying life event

Remote hiring solution

Remote work policy

Remote-first company

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