| recruitment | process from identifying that the business needs to employ up to the point which applications have arrived at the business |
| job analysis | identifies and records the responsibilities and tasks relating to a job |
| job description | outline the responsibilities and duties to be carried out by someone employed to do a specific job |
| Job specification | document which outlines requirements, qualifications, expertise ect for a specific job |
| Internal recruitment | when a vacancy is filled by someone who is an existing employee of the business |
| External recruitment | when a vacancy is filled by someone who is not an existing employee of the business |
| Part-time job | employment is often considered to be between 1 and 30-35 hours a week |
| Full time | employees will usually work 35 hours or more a week |
| Introduction training | introduction given to a new employee explaining the firm's activities, customs , procedures and introducing them to their fellow workers |
| on-the-job training | occurs by watching a more experienced worker doing the job |
| off-the-job training | involves being trained away from the workplace, usually by specialist trainers |
| workforce planning | establishing the workforce needed by the business for the foreseeable future in terms of the number and skills of the employee required |
| Redundancy | When an employee is no longer needed and so loses their job. It is not due to their work being unsatisfactory |
| Ethical decision | decision taken by a manager or a company because of the moral code observed by the firm |
| industrial tribunal | legal meeting which consider workers complain of unfair dismissal or discrimination at work |
| contract of employment | legal agreement between employer and employee listing the rights and responsibilities of workers |
