Concise Dictionary of HR Terminology
- Ability.
Competence in performing a job. (19)
- Absolute judgment.
An appraisal format that asks supervisors to make judgments about an employee’s performance based solely on performance standards. (208)
- Adverse impact.
Discrimination that occurs when the equal application of an employment standard has an unequal effect on one or more protected classes. Also called disparate impact. (88)
- Affirmative action.
A strategy intended to achieve fair employment by urging employers to hire certain groups of people who were discriminated against in the past. (85)
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).
The law prohibiting discrimination against people who are 40 or older. (95)
- Americans with Disabilities Act ...
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