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HR Glossary
Essential HR, payroll, and compliance terms explained in plain language.
- ATS (Applicant Tracking System)
- Software that manages a company's recruitment process, from job postings to candidate tracking.
- Accrual
- The process of earning time off (PTO, sick leave) incrementally over a period.
- Carry-Over
- Leave balance that rolls over from one year to the next instead of expiring.
- Compensation
- Total financial and non-financial rewards given to an employee, including salary, bonuses, and benefits.
- EIS (Employment Insurance System)
- Malaysian social security scheme providing financial assistance to retrenched employees.
- eNPS (Employee Net Promoter Score)
- A metric measuring how likely employees are to recommend their company as a workplace.
- EPF (Employees' Provident Fund)
- A mandatory savings and retirement plan for salaried workers in Malaysia.
- Gross Pay
- Total compensation before any deductions (taxes, insurance, retirement contributions).
- HRIS
- Human Resources Information System — software for managing employee data and HR processes.
- Offboarding
- The process of managing an employee's departure, including asset return and exit interviews.
- Onboarding
- The process of integrating a new employee into the organization.
- PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- A UK tax system where employers deduct income tax from employees' wages before paying them.
- Payroll Run
- The process of calculating and distributing employee wages for a specific pay period.
- RLS (Row-Level Security)
- A database security feature that restricts data access at the row level based on user context.
- SOCSO (Social Security Organization)
- Malaysian social security scheme providing coverage for employment injuries and invalidity.
- Statutory Deduction
- Legally mandated withholdings from an employee's pay, such as taxes and social security contributions.