Human Resources and Labor Relations

human resource management

job analysis

job description

job specification ( job spec)

replacement chart

employee information system (skills inventory)

recruiting

internal recruiting

external recruiting

validation

on-the-job training

off-the-job training

vestibule training

performance appraisal

compensation system

wage

salary

incentive program

bonus

merit salary system

pay for performance (variable pay)

profit-sharing plan

gainsharing plan

pay-for-knowledge plan

benefits

workers' compensation insurance

cafeteria benefit plan

equal employment opportunity

protected class

equal employment opportunity (EEOC)

affirmative action plan

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA)

sexual harassment

quid pro quo harassment

hostile work environment

employment-at-will

working diversity

knowledge workers

contingent worker

labor union

labor relations

collective bargaining

cost-of-living adjustment (COLA)

wage reopener clause

strike

economic strike

sympathy strike (secondary strike)

wildcat strike

picketing

boycott

slowdown

lockout

strikebreaker

mediation

voluntary arbitration

compulsory arbitration