Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

immediate dismissal 131 important
ate letter of complaint. Your order
will receive immediate attention.
immediate dismissal /Imidiət
dIsmIs(ə)l/, summary dismissal
/sməri dIsmIs(ə)l/ noun a dismissal
without giving the employee any notice
(usually caused by a crime committed
by the employee, or drunkenness or violent
behaviour towards other
employees)
immigrant /ImIɡrənt/ noun a person
who enters a country to live and work
There is a large immigrant population
working without work permits. The influx
of immigrants is due to high unemployment
in their own countries.
emigrant
immigrant worker /ImIɡrənt
wkə/ noun a worker who has entered
the country as a potential immigrant, before
finding work
immigration /ImIɡreIʃ(ə)n/ noun 1.
the act of coming to live and work in a
country 2. an office at an airport or port
of entry, where government officials inspect
the papers of people entering the
country She was held up at Immigration,
because her visa was not in order.
emigration
Immigration Laws /ImIɡreIʃ(ə)n
lɔz/ plural noun legislation regarding
immigration into a country
Immigration Service /ImI-
ɡreIʃ(ə)n svIs/ noun a government
department which deals with allowing
immigrants to enter and settle in a country
The Immigration Service is trying
to cope with thousands of applications
from potential immigrants.
immobility /IməbIlIti/ noun not
moving from one place to another
immobility of labour /IməbIlIti əv
leIbə/, immobility of the workforce
/IməbIlIti əv ðə wkfɔs/ noun little
movement of workers from one area of
the country to another
immunity /ImjunIti/ noun protection
against arrest immunity from
prosecution not being liable to be prosecuted
immunity from legal action
not being liable to be sued (e.g. employees
who strike cannot be sued for breach
of their contract of employment)
impaired /Impeəd/ adjective referring
to a sense or function harmed in
such a way that it does not work
properly
impaired vision /Impeəd vIʒ(ə)n/
noun eyesight which is not fully clear
impairment /Impeəmənt/ noun a
condition in which a sense or function is
harmed so that it does not work properly
His hearing impairment does not affect
his work.
impartial /Impɑʃ(ə)l/ adjective not
biased or not prejudiced The arbitration
board’s decision is completely
impartial.
impersonal /Imps(ə)n(ə)l/ adjective
without any personal touch or as if
done by machines an impersonal style
of management
impingement pay /ImpIndʒmənt
peI/ noun extra pay paid to an employee
for working when they should be on
holiday
implement noun /ImplImənt/ a tool
or instrument used to do some work
We don’t have the right implements for
this type of work. verb to put into action
to implement an agreement to
implement a decision
implementation /ImplImen-
teIʃ(ə)n/ noun the process of putting
into action the implementation of new
rules
implicit knowledge /ImplIsIt
nɒlIdʒ/ noun knowledge that is kept in
a person’s mind without necessarily being
expressed in words and is often
acted on instinctively
implied /ImplaId/ adjective which is
presumed to exist implied terms and
conditions terms and conditions which
are not written in a contract, but which
are legally taken to be present in the
contract
importance /Impɔtns/ noun considerable
value or significance The
bank attaches great importance to the
deal.
important /Impɔtnt/ adjective
which matters a lot He left a pile of
important papers in the taxi. She has
an important meeting at 10.30. I was
promoted to a more important job.