Global Payroll Glossary
Aa
- After-tax deductions
- Audit Trail
- API (Application Programming Interface)
- Allowances
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Attendance Tracking
- Average Weekly Wage (AWW)
- Automated Clearing House (ACH)
- Annualized Salary
- Accruals
- Absence Management
Bb
- Bi-Monthly Payroll
- Bank File
- Bank Transfer
- Benefit package
- Bi-Weekly Payroll
- BIR
- Bereavement Leave
- Back Pay
- Bank Reconciliation
- Base Pay
- Bonuses
- Biometric Time Clock
- Benefit Deductions
Cc
- Cloud Payroll
- Compensation Management
- Cafeteria Plan
- COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act)
- Consumer-Driven Health Plans (CDHP)
- Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA)
- Compliance
- Compensation
- Commission
Dd
- Deduction Authorization
- Data Security
- Dependent Verification
- Deferred Compensation
- Dependent Care Assistance
- Digital Signature
- Deductions
- Disability Insurance
- Direct Deposit
Ee
- Employer of Record (EOR)
- Employment Contract
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Employee Benefits
- Expense Reimbursement
- Earnings Statement
- Equity Compensation
- Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Electronic Payroll
- Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
- Employee Self-Service (ESS)
Ff
- Fiscal year
- Fines
- Foreign employees
- Family and Domestic voilence leave
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Fairwork commision
- Fringe Benefits
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Gg
- General Deductions
- Gross Income
- Gratuity
- Guaranteed Pay
- Group Health Insurance
- Global Payroll
- Gig Economy Payroll
- Geofencing
- General Ledger Integration
- General Ledger
- Gross Pay
- Garnishment
Hh
- Human Resources Information System (HRIS)
- HR Compliance
- Hours Worked
- Hourly Rate
- Hourly Payroll Processing
- Holiday Schedule
- Holiday Pay
- Holiday Overtime Pay
- Holiday Leave Balances
- Holiday Entitlements
- High-Deductible Health Plan (HDHP)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Health Insurance Premiums
- Headcount
- HCM (Human Capital Management)
- Hazard Pay
Ii
- Indirect Compensation
- In-house Payroll
- Inbound Payroll Integration
- International Payroll
- Incentives
- Income Tax
Jj
- Journal Voucher (JV)
- Just-in-Time (JIT) Payroll
- Joining Bonus
- Joint Payroll Account (JPA)
- Job Title
- Job Grade
- Job Code
Kk
- Kwacha (ZMW)
- Kit Allowance
- Kinship Benefits
- Key Pay Dates
- Kiosk
- KRA (Kenya Revenue Authority)
- Kiosk Time Clock
Ll
- Loyalty Programs
- Leave Policies
- Leave Balances
- Labor Law Compliance
- Labor Cost Management
- Long-term Disability Insurance
- Leave Management
- Leave Accrual
Mm
- Managed Payroll
- Mandatory Deductions
- Maternity Leave
- Metrics
- Mileage Reimbursement
- Mobile Workforce Management
- Mobile Payroll App
- Minimum Wage
Nn
- Noncash compensation
- Negative pay
- Net-to-gross calculation
- Nondeductible expenses
- Nontaxable fringe benefits
- No-show Policy
- Non-Recourse Financing
- Nonresident Alien Taxation
- Notice of Pay Rate
- Nominal Wage
- New Hire Reporting
- Nonqualified Deferred Compensation (NQDC)
- Non-exempt Employee
- Net Pay
Oo
- Online Payroll
- Open Enrollment
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Off-cycle Payroll
- Overpayment
- Overtime Pay
Pp
- Pay Date
- Payroll Reconciliation
- Payroll Journal
- Payroll Calendar
- Payroll Audit
- Pay Compression
- Pay Equity
- Parental Leave
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Pre-Tax Deductions
- Pension Plan
- Profit Sharing
- Performance Management
- Performance Reviews
- Payroll System
- Payroll Software
- Payroll Tax
- Payroll Processor
- Payroll Deductions
- Payroll Administrator
- Pay Period
- Qualifying Child
- Quarantine Pay
- Quarterly Payroll Reporting
- Qualifying Earnings
- Quarterly Payroll
- Quality Control
Rr
- Regulatory Changes
- Recurring Payments
- Records Management
- Rotating Shifts
- Revenue Recognition
- Regulatory Compliance
- Redundancy Pay
- Relocation Assistance
- Recruitment
- Recognition Programs
- Return on Investment (ROI)
- Retirement Benefits
- Reimbursements
- Remote Work
Ss
- Staffing
- Skills Development
- Sales Commissions
- State Income Tax
- Salary Structure
- Shift Differentials
- Salary Survey
- Salary Benchmarking
- Succession Planning
- Stock Purchase Plans
- Salary Sacrifice
- Stock Options
- Severance Pay
- Self-Employment Tax
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- State Unemployment Insurance (SUI)
- Social Security
- Sick Leave
- Salaried Employee
- Salary
Tt
- Tuition Assistance
- Tip Reporting
- Tax Credits
- Tax Compliance
- Time Sheet
- Total Compensation
- Tax Withholding
- Time Clock
- Time Off Policies
- Taxable Income
- Time Tracking Software
- Time and Attendance
Uu
- User Experience in Payroll (UX)
- Underpayment
- Unpaid Leave
- Union Dues
- User Access Controls
- Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
- Unemployment Insurance
Vv
- Vesting period
- Vacation scheduling
- Variable hour employee
- Voucher
- Visa sponsorship
- Vacation policy
- Virtual onboarding
- Variable cost
- Voluntary separation
- Vacation Pay
- Voluntary Deductions
- Voucher System
- Vesting
- Virtual Time Clock
- Variable Pay
Ww
- Wage and Hour Laws
- Wages
- Work-life Balance
- Web-Based Payroll
- Workforce Development
- Workforce Optimization
- Workforce Analytics
- Workforce Planning
- Workforce Management
- Workers' Compensation
- Withholding Tax
- Wage Garnishment
Xx
- X-factor Payroll (referring to unique bonuses or incentives)
- XML (eXtensible Markup Language)SEPA File
Yy
- YTD (Year-to-Date) Payroll Report
- Yearly Bonus
- Year-end Payroll Processing
- YOY (Year-over-Year) Comparison
- Year-to-Date (YTD)
Zz
- ZBA (Zero Balance Account) Payroll Processing
- Zero-hour Contract (contract where employees are not guaranteed any specific number of working hours)
- Zero-Based Budgeting (relevant for payroll budgeting)