Acronym List Flashcards
ADDIE
Analysis, Design, Development,
Implementation, Evaluation
ADR
Alternative Dispute Resolution
ATS
Applicant Tracking System
CHRO
Chief Human Resource Officer
COO
Chief Operating Officer
CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility
EAP
Employee Assistance Program
EVP
Employee Value Proposition
HRBP
HR Business Partner
KPI
Key Performance Indicator
KSAO
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other
Characteristics
M&A
Merger and Acquisition
MNC
Multinational Corporation
PESTLE
Political, Economic, Social, Technological,
Legal and Environmental
PTO
Paid Time Off
ROI
Return on Investment
SaaS
Software as a Service
SWOT
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities,
Threats
WARN
Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act
ADAA
Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act
ADEA
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
(40+ years)
BFOQ
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification
COBRA
Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act
EEOC
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EPA
Equal Pay Act
ERISA
Employee Retirement Income Security Act
FCRA
Fair Credit Reporting Act
FMLA
Family and Medical Leave Act
FLSA
Fair Labor Standards Act
Wage and Hour Law, the FLSA governs employee status, overtime pay, and minimum wage
GINA
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
LMRA
Labor Management Relations Act (U.S. act that imposed several restrictions and requirements on unions.)
also known as Taft-Hartley Act
NLRA
National Labor Relations Act aka Wagner Act or the Wagner-Connery Act
- The NLRA applies to all employers participating in interstate commerce, with the exception of governments, religious schools, agricultural employers, and the railroad and airline industries.*
- The NLRA generally protects all the nonsupervisory employees (union or not) of a covered employer. It does not protect certain types of workers (such as agricultural workers, domestic laborers, and independent contractors as well as managers and supervisors).*
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Act (Law) or
Administration (Agency)
- established the first national policy for workplace safety and health. This federal law requires employers to provide safe and healthful working conditions for employees. OSHA’s mission is to help employers and employees reduce on-the-job injuries, illnesses, and deaths.*
- The OSH Act covers virtually all workers in the country, with a few exceptions, such as family farms worked only by family members and self-employed workers.*
ULP
Unfair Labor Practice
OWBPA
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act
U.S. act that amended the Age Discrimination in Employment Act to include all employee benefits; also provided standards that an employee’s waiver of the right to sue for age discrimination must meet in order to be upheld by a court.
USERRA
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
U.S. act that protects the employment, reemployment, and retention rights of persons who serve or have served in the uniformed services.
PPACA
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
2010 U.S. law that requires virtually all citizens and legal residents to have minimum health coverage and requires employers with more than 50 full-time employees to provide health coverage that meets minimum benefit specifications or pay a penalty.
PDA
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
U.S. act that prohibits discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.
Under the PDA, it is unlawful to:
- Refuse to hire a woman simply because she is pregnant.*
- Fire a woman simply because she is pregnant.*
- Force a pregnant employee to leave work if she is ready, willing, and able to perform her job.*
- Stop the accrued seniority of an employee who has taken a leave to give birth or have an abortion (unless seniority does not accrue to other temporarily disabled workers under similar circumstances).*
LMRDA
Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
U.S. act that imposed regulations on internal union affairs and the relationship between union officials and union members.
also called the Landrum-Griffin Act
EPPA
Employee Polygraph Protection Act
U.S. act that prevents private employers from requiring applicants or employees to take a polygraph test for pre-employment screening or during the course of employment, with certain exemptions.
SOX (Enron)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
U.S. act that requires that all publicly held companies establish internal controls and procedures for financial reporting to reduce the possibility of corporate fraud.
IRCA
Immigration Reform and Control Act
U.S. act that prohibits discrimination against job applicants on the basis of national origin or citizenship and establishes penalties for hiring undocumented workers.
FACT Act
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
U.S act that frees employers who use third parties to conduct workplace investigations from the consent and disclosure requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act in certain cases.
EPLI
Employment practices liability insurance
Type of liability insurance covering an organization against claims by employees, former employees, and employment candidates alleging that their legal rights in the employment relationship have been violated.
NDAA
National Defense Authorization Acts
U.S. acts that expanded FMLA leave for employees with family members who are covered members of the military.
LR
Local responsiveness (LR)
Globalization strategy that emphasizes adapting to the needs of local markets and allows subsidiaries to develop unique products, structures, and systems.
GI
Global integration (GI)
Globalization strategy that emphasizes consistency of approach, standardization of processes, and a common corporate culture across global operations.
MNEs
Multinational enterprises (MNEs)
Organizations that own or control production or service facilities in one or more countries other than the home country.
OT
Overtime
Discretionary bonuses do not count toward the regular rate of pay. All the other choices (shift premiums, sales commissions, and production bonuses) do count toward overtime calculations.
NCA
Non-Compete Agreement
ERG
Employee resource group (ERG)
Voluntary group for employees who share a particular diversity dimension (race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.); also known as affinity group or network group.
PBGC
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
insures payment of certain pension plan benefits in the event that a private-sector defined benefit pension plan lacks sufficient funds to pay the promised benefits. Covered plans or their sponsors are required to pay premiums to the PBGC. In turn, the PBGC guarantees payment of vested benefits (up to a maximum limit) to employees covered by these pension plans. It does not ensure retirement plans that do not promise specific benefit amounts—defined contribution plans such as profit-sharing or 401(k) plans.
NLRB
National Labor Relations Board
The NLRB was created to enforce the self-organization rights of employees to:
- Form, join, or assist labor organizations.*
- Bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing.*
- Engage in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection.*
- Refrain from any or all such activities.*
The NLRB also determines standards for unions and investigates charges of unfair labor practices
RFP
Request for Proposal
RFP
A request for proposal (RFP) is a document an organization sends to a potential vendor inviting the vendor to submit a bid for a product or service the organization wishes to purchase. Often, several competing vendors are sent RFPs so an organization can compare bids.
MECE
Mutually exclusive and comprehensively exhaustive
