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Consulting

The business of providing professional or expert advice to a commercial business or public institution.

Contributors in Consulting

Consulting

bonus

Business services; Consulting

A payment to a firm's employees additional to their normal pay. test

arm's length interval

Business services; Consulting

Fair price range to determine if a transaction between to related companies is made at an acceptable price.

back-fitting

Business services; Consulting

Setting to compliance retroactively.

certificate of coverage

Business services; Consulting

It's a certificate that states, when someone is working abroad, that this person is still subjected to legislation of his country of origin.

cross-training

Business services; Consulting

Providing training in several different areas or functions. This provides backup workers when the primary worker is unavailable.

arm's length principle

Business services; Consulting

According to this principle, prices for transactions between related companies must be established based on the prices determined by independant companies.

disturbance allowance

Business services; Consulting

Typically a one-off lump sum payment to compensate for the general upheaval and incidental expenses associated with moving because of the job.

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