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HR acronyms & abbreviations

Lisa

Hi all

I wondered if any of you have a list you could share regarding acronyms in HR.  As I am not in a specific HR role, I sometimes have to Google the acronyms I see on here and in articles or Twitter etc. An example would be SME....I had no idea that this referred to small to medium enterprises when I first saw it 

They would be extremely useful and I would be very grateful.

Many thanks

Lisa

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  • With my pedant hat on, I should point out that these are abbreviations, not acronyms. An acronym is a word made up of the initial letters of another word. There are acronyms within the abbreviations (like TUPE), of course, but most of them are just abbreviations. Ones that seem to come up a lot, though...

    AII/AIM Absence Improvement Interview/Meeting
    B2B Business to Business
    B2C Business to Consumer
    CEO Chief Executive Officer
    CIPD No idea...
    CPD Continuous Professional Development
    CX Chief Executive
    DB Defined Benefits
    DC Defined Contribution
    EE Employee
    ER Employer or Employee Relations
    ERA (or ERA96) Employment Rights Act 1996
    ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
    FD Financial Director
    FM Facilities Management/Facilities Manager
    FTE Full-Time Equivalent
    GM Gross Misconduct or General Manager (unusual, these days)
    H&S Health and Safety
    HASAW (or HASAW74) Health and Safety At Work Act 1974
    HRD Human Resources Director
    HRM Human Resources Manager or Human Resources Management
    HRIS Human Resources Information System
    LTI Long Term Incentive
    LTS Long-Term Sick
    MD Managing Directorr
    OH Occupational Health
    OT Overtime
    PAYE Pay As You Earn
    PDP Personal Development Plan
    PDR Personal Development Record
    PHI Private Health Insuance
    PIP Performance Improvement Plan
    PR Performance Review
    RTW or RTWI Return to Work Interview
    SME Small to Medium-sized Enterprise
    STI Short Term Incentive
    TOIL Time Off In Lieu
    TU Trade Union
    TUPE Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations
    WTD/WTR Working Time Directive/Regulations


    I'll edit this post as other suggestions come up.

  • in reply to Robey

    CIPD - Chartered Institute of Professional Development?  :):)

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