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XpertHR's employment glossary provides concise explanations of hundreds of legal and employment-related words, phrases and abbreviations in plain English.
Accessible, clear and regularly updated by our team of editors, the XpertHR employment glossary [subscription required] can be found in the Quick Reference section. Just click the blue 'Employment Law' button on the main navigation followed by the yellow 'Quick Reference' button.
As always, we welcome feedback from users. If you would like us to add a new entry to the glossary or if you have a comment on one of our existing explanations, please email the editorial team.
Recent additions to the glossary include:
- contract compliance;
- corporate governance;
- Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform;
- Department for Children, Schools and Families;
- Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills;
- European Company Statute;
- Eurozone;
- flexicurity;
- payroll giving;
- psychological contract;
- reductio ad absurdum;
- simpliciter; and
- succession planning.



