Glossary
Navigating employment and payroll management across Africa introduces its own set of new terms.
Familiarise yourself with our glossary of African HR terminology.
- 1-on-1 Meeting
- 9-Box Grid
- 13th Month Salary
- 14th-Month Pay
- 360-Degree Survey
- 401(k) Plan
- 1099 Employee
- 1099-MISC
- 1099-NEC
- Absence Management
- Absence Rate
- Absenteeism
- Account Number
- Accrued Payroll
- After-tax Deduction
- Agent of Record
- Annualised Salary
- Anti-money Laundering (AML)
- Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
- Apprenticeship Levy
- Approval Chains
- Asynchronous Communication
- Attachment of Earnings Order (AEO)
- Attrition
- Authority Payments
- Automated Clearing House (ACH)
- Background Check
- Back Pay
- Bankers’ Automated Clearing Services (BACS)
- Bank Payment File
- Base Salary
- Benefits Administration
- Benefits in Kind (BIK)
- Bereavement Leave
- Big Quit
- Bitcoin
- Bi-weekly Pay
- Bi-weekly Payroll
- Boomerang Employee
- Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
- Burnout
- Business Visa
- Career Path
- Centralised Payroll
- Change Management
- CHAPS
- Client Money Account (CMA)
- Cloud-based HR Software
- COBRA
- Co-employment
- Coinbase
- Co-located Company
- Commission
- Commission Pay
- Common-law Employee
- Company Sick Day
- Compensation
- Compensation Management
- Compensation Package
- Compensation Philosophy
- Compensation Planning
- Compensation Policy
- Compensatory Time Off
- Competency-based Pay
- Conditions of Employment
- Contingent Worker
- Contract Employee
- Contractor
- Core HR
- Cost Center
- Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA)
- Cost Per Hire
- Coworking
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Cryptocurrency
- Crypto Payroll
- Cutoff Date
- Decentralised Payroll
- Deferred Compensation
- DEIB
- Designation
- Digital Nomad
- Digital Nomad Visa
- Direct Compensation
- Direct Debit
- Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA)
- Direct Employee
- Direct Report
- Disguised Employment
- Disregarded Entity
- DPA
- EFTPS
- Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
- Electronic Payment System
- Employee
- Employee Background Check
- Employee Benefits
- Employee Centricity
- Employee Directory
- Employee Experience
- Employee Lifecycle
- Employee Lifetime Value (ELTV)
- Employee Management
- Employee Misclassification
- Employee Mobility
- Employee Onboarding
- Employee Orientation
- Employee Referral
- Employee Retention
- Employee Retention Strategy
- Employee Satisfaction
- Employee Self-Service (ESS)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Employee Tenure
- Employee Termination
- Employee Transfer
- Employee Turnover
- Employee Value Proposition (EVP)
- Employee Wellbeing
- Employer Alignment Submission (EAS)
- Employer of Record (EOR)
- Employer Payment Summary (EPS)
- Employer Payroll Taxes
- Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
- Employment Agreement
- Employment Allowance
- Employment Status
- Equity
- Equity Compensation
- Equity Joint Venture
- ER Wage Taxes
- Exempt Payment
- Exercising Stock Options
- Exit Interview
- Expat
- Faster Payments Service (FPS)
- Federal Income Tax
- Flexible Work
- Floating Holiday
- Foreign Exchange (FX)
- Foreign Subsidiary
- Foreign Worker Levy
- Form 673
- Form 1096
- Form 1099-MISC
- Form 1099-NEC
- Form I-9
- Form SS-8
- Form W-2
- Form W-3
- Form W-4
- Form W-5
- Form W-8BEN
- Form W-9
- Freelancer
- Fringe Benefits
- Full Payment Submission (FPS)
- Full-Time Employee
- Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)
- Full Time Hours
- Funding
- FUTA
- Future of Work
- Gamification in HR
- GDPR
- Gender Pay Gap
- General Organisation for Social Insurance (GOSI)
- Geographical Discrimination
- Gig Economy
- Global Contractor
- Global Coverage
- Global Employer
- Global Employment Organisation (GEO)
- Global Employment Solution
- Global Hiring Platform
- Global Mobility
- Global Mobility Functions
- Global Mobility Program
- Global Mobility Services
- Global Mobility Strategy
- Global Mobility Team
- Global Payroll
- Global PEO
- Global Recruitment Software
- Global Risk Management
- Global Salary Benchmarking
- Global Treasury
- Gross Income
- Gross Pay
- Gross to Net
- H-1B Visa
- Headcount
- HMRC
- Holiday Pay
- Home Office
- Hourly Employee
- Hourly to Salary
- HR Analytics
- HR Audit
- HR Automation
- HR Business Partner
- HR Document Management
- HR Gap Analysis
- HRIS
- HR Mobility Solutions
- HRMS
- HRO
- HR Process
- HR Reporting
- HR Software
- HR Sourcing
- HR Strategy
- HR Tech
- HR Transformation
- Human Capital Management
- Hybrid Work
- Hybrid Workspace
- I-9 Form
- IBAN
- Incentive-Based Compensation
- Income Tax
- Independent Contractor
- Indirect Compensation
- Informal Communication
- In-Kind Benefits
- Intermediary Bank
- International Employment Law
- International Mobility
- International Tax Compliance
- Invoice
- Irregular Payments Indicator
- IRS Form 1096
- IRS Form W-2
- IRS Form W-3
- IRS Form W-4
- IRS Form W-5
- IRS Form W-8BEN
- IRS Form W-9
- Job Description
- Job Interview
- Joint Venture Subsidiary
- Journal Entry
- Knowledge Base
- Knowledge Management System
- KYC
- Labour Law
- Labour Laws
- Last Mile Payment
- Learning Management System (LMS)
- Leave of Absence
- Letter of Termination
- Life Insurance
- Local Bank Transfer
- Location-Agnostic Pay
- Location Independence
- Management by Objectives (MBO)
- Mandatory Benefits
- Mass Payments
- MAT B1 Form
- Maternity Leave
- Medical Expense Deduction
- Medical Leave of Absence
- Merit Increase
- Minimum Wage
- Misclassification
- Mission-Driven Company
- Mobile Employee
- Mobile Workforce
- Mobility Department
- Money Transfer License
- Net Pay
- Non-Compete Agreement
- Non-Employee
- Non-Mandatory Benefits
- Non-Residential Payroll
- Notice Period
- Offboarding
- Off-Cycle Payroll
- Offer Letter
- Off-Site
- Onboarding
- On-Call Employment
- On-Demand Pay
- Open Banking
- Org Chart
- Overpaid Salary
- Overseas Entity
- Overtime
- Owned Entity
- P45 Form
- P60 Form
- Paid Holiday
- Paid Time Off
- Parental Leave
- Partially Owned Subsidiary
- Paternity Leave
- Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) Contractor
- PAYE
- Pay In
- Payment in Lieu of Notice (PILON)
- Payment Processor
- Payment Service Provider (PSP)
- Payments Reconciliation
- Payout
- Pay Period
- Payroll
- Payroll Account
- Payroll Audit
- Payroll Automation
- Payroll Benefits
- Payroll Cycle
- Payroll Deductions
- Payroll Liabilities
- Payroll Remittance
- Payroll Report
- Payroll Taxes
- Payslip
- Pay Stub
- People Management
- Per Diem
- Performance Bonus
- Performance Improvement
- Performance Review
- Post Tax Deduction
- Post-Tax Deduction
- Pretax Income
- Probationary Period
- Professional Employer Organisation (PEO)
- Professional Employment Organisation (PEO)
- Proximity Bias
- PTO
- Qualifying Life Event
- Quarterly Federal Tax Return
- Recruiting Software
- Remote-First Company
- Remote Job
- Remote Work
- Remote Worker
- Remote Work Policy
- Residence Card
- Retention Strategy
- Retroactive Pay
- Retro Pay
- Rewards and Recognition
- Salaried Employee
- Salary Benchmarking
- Salary Review
- Salary Sacrifice
- Same-Day Direct Deposit Payroll
- Settlement
- Shadow Payroll
- Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)
- Social Security Wages
- Sole Proprietorship
- Stand-Up Meeting
- Statutory Employee
- Statutory Sick Pay
- Supplemental Pay
- SWIFT
- Synchronous Communication
- Take-Home Pay
- Talent Acquisition
- Talent Mobility
- Talent Pool
- Tax Identification Number
- Tax Rebate
- Tax Residency
- Telecommuting
- Temporary Employee
- Termination Letter
- Time to Hire
- Time to Productivity
- Trust Account
- Ultimate Debtor
- Unlimited PTO
- Unpaid Time Off
- Unpaid Time Off (UTO)
- Upper Earnings Limit (UEL)
- Value Transfer
- Virtual Account
- Virtual Employee
- Virtual Meeting
- Virtual Water Cooler
- Visa Support
- W-2 Employee
- W-2 Form
- W-4 Tax Form
- W-8BEN Tax Form
- W-9 Form
- Wage Garnishment
- Wages
- Wire Transfer
- Workation
- Worker Deductions
- Workers' Compensation
- Workforce Agility
- Workforce Analysis
- Workforce Mobility
- Work-from-Home Stipend
- Working Capital Management
- Working Days
- Work-Life Balance
- Work Permit
- Work Visa
- Workweek
- Year to Date
- Zero-Hour Contract