Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

exemption 97 expenses
from having to pay tax Food is exempted
from sales tax. 3. to free someone
from having to do a task I hope to
be exempted from taking these tests.
She was exempted from fire duty.
‘Companies with sales under $500,000 a year
will be exempt from the minimum-wage
requirements’ [Nation’s Business]
exemption /Iɡzempʃ(ə)n/ noun the
act of exempting something from a contract
or from a tax exemption from
tax, tax exemption the fact of being
free from having to pay tax As a
non-profit-making organisation you can
claim tax exemption.
exempt personnel /Iɡzempt
psənel/ noun personnel who do not
receive payment for overtime or whose
wages are not affected by minimum
wage legislation
exercise /eksəsaIz/ noun a use of
something exercise of a right the using
of a right verb to use The chairwoman
exercised her veto to block the
motion. to exercise a right to put a
right into action He exercised his
right to refuse to do tasks not listed on
his employment contract.
ex gratia /eks ɡreIʃə/ adjective done
as a favour
ex gratia payment /eks ɡreIʃə
peImənt/ noun a payment made as a
gift, with no other obligations
exhaust /Iɡzɔst/ verb to use up totally
We will go on negotiating until
all possible solutions have been
exhausted.
exit /eɡzIt/ noun 1. the way out of a
building The customers all rushed towards
the exits. 2. leaving a job
exit interview /eɡzIt Intəvju/
noun an interview with an employee
when they are leaving an organisation to
find out their views on how the organisation
is run and reasons for leaving
Only at his exit interview did he admit
how much he had disliked working for
the company.
ex officio /eks əfIʃiəυ/ adjective,
adverb because of an office held The
treasurer is ex officio a member or an ex
officio member of the finance
committee.
ex parte /eks pɑti/ Latin phrase
meaning ‘on behalf of’ an ex parte
application application made to a court
where only one side is represented and
no notice is given to the other side (often
where the application is for an injunction).
inter partes
expatriate /eksptriət/ noun, adjective
a person, who lives and works in a
country which is not their own Expatriate
staff are paid higher rates than locally
recruited staff. All expatriates in
the organisation have two months’ leave
a year.
expect /Ikspekt/ verb to hope that
something is going to happen We are
expecting him to arrive at 10.45. They
are expecting a cheque from their agent
next week. The house was sold for
more than the expected price.
‘…he observed that he expected exports to grow
faster than imports in the coming year’
[Sydney Morning Herald]
‘American business as a whole has seen profits
well above the levels normally expected at this
stage of the cycle’ [Sunday Times]
expectancy theory /Ikspektənsi
θIəri/ noun a theory that employees
will only be motivated to produce if
they expect that higher performance will
lead to greater personal satisfaction
expectations /ekspekteIʃ(ə)nz/
plural noun hopes of what is to come
She has great expectations of her new
job, and I hope she won’t be
disappointed.
expel /Ikspel/ verb to throw someone
out of an organisation The worker was
expelled from the union for embezzlement.
(NOTE: expelling-expelled)
expense account /Ikspens ə-
kaυnt/ noun an allowance of money
which a business pays for an employee
to spend on travelling and entertaining
clients in connection with that business
I’ll put this lunch on my expense
account.
expenses /IkspensIz/ plural noun
money paid to cover the costs incurred
by someone when doing something
The salary offered is £10,000 plus expenses.
He has a high salary and all
his travel expenses are paid by the company.
all expenses paid with all costs