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Human resources

Referring to the function within an organisation that is charged with managing its employees, often as well as its recruitment process.

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Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988

; Human resources

Prohibits most private employers from requiring employees or candidates for employment to submit to a lie detector test. The only time an employer may ask (but not require) an employee to take a ...

Developmental disabilities

; Human resources

Defined as a severe, chronic disability of an individual that: is attributable to mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments; is manifested before the ...

Developmental disabilities

; Human resources

Defined as a severe, chronic disability of an individual that: is attributable to mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments; is manifested before the ...

Hazard Communication Standard of 1988

; Human resources

An occupational safety and health standard intended to comprehensively address the issue of evaluating the potential hazards of chemicals and communicating information concerning hazards and ...

360 Degree Feedback

Business administration; Human resources

360-degree feedback is a feedback process where not just your superior but your peers and direct reports and sometimes even customers evaluate you. Definition: 360-degree feedback is a feedback ...

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