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Human resources
Referring to the function within an organisation that is charged with managing its employees, often as well as its recruitment process.
Contributors in Human resources
Human resources
Quality management
Business services; Human resources
The process or system of ensuring that a product or service should do what the user needs or wants and has a right to expect. There are five dimensions to quality, design, conformance, availability, ...
Random testing
Business services; Human resources
Drug and alcohol tests administered by an employer which selects employees to be tested on a random basis.
Recruitment
Business services; Human resources
The process of bringing into an organisation personnel who will possess the appropriate education, qualifications, skills and experience for the post offered.
Clean slate
Business services; Human resources
The Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004 establishes a clean slate scheme to limit the effect of an individual's convictions in most circumstances (subject to certain exceptions set out in Section ...
Collective bargaining
Business services; Human resources
The process by which (an) employer(s) will negotiate employment contracts with (a) union(s).
Competency-based pay
Business services; Human resources
Competency based pay is a compensation system that recognises employees for the depth, breadth, and types of skills they obtain and apply in their work. Also known as skill based and knowledge based ...
Competencies
Business services; Human resources
‘an underlying characteristic of a person’ ‘motive, trait, skill, aspect of one’s self-image or social role, or a body of knowledge’.
