Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

living 159 long-standing
living /lIvIŋ/ noun she does not
earn a living wage she does not earn
enough to pay for essentials such as
food, heat and rent to make a living
to earn enough to pay for your living expenses
He makes a good living from
selling secondhand cars.
living expenses /lIvIŋ IkspensIz/
plural noun money spent on rent, food,
etc., which may be paid by the company
if the worker has been asked to live
away from home
loading /ləυdIŋ/ noun the process of
assigning work to workers or machines
The production manager has to ensure
that careful loading makes the best
use of human resources.
lobby /lɒbi/ noun a group of people
who try to influence MPs, members of
town councils, etc. the energy-saving
lobby people who try to persuade MPs
to pass laws to save energy
local adjective /ləυk(ə)l/ located in or
providing a service for a restricted area
noun US a branch of a national trade
union
local authority /ləυk(ə)l ɔθɒrIti/
noun an elected section of government
which runs a small area of the country
local collective bargaining
/ləυk(ə)l kəlektIv bɑɡInIŋ/ noun
collective bargaining which takes place
in the factory or office, and not at national
level
Local Commissioner /ləυk(ə)lkə-
mIʃ(ə)nə/, Local Government Ombudsman
/ləυk(ə)l ɡvənmənt
ɒmbυdzmən/ noun an official who investigates
complaints against local
authorities
local labour /ləυk(ə)l leIbə/ noun
workers who are recruited near a factory,
and are not brought there from a
distance
locally /ləυk(ə)li/ adverb in the area
near where an office or factory is based
We recruit all our staff locally.
lock /lɒk/ noun a device for closing a
door or box so that it can be opened only
with a key The lock is broken on the
petty cash box. I have forgotten the
combination of the lock on my briefcase.
verb to close a door with a key, so that
it cannot be opened The manager forgot
to lock the door of the computer
room. The petty cash box was not
locked.
lock out /lɒk aυt/ verb to lock out
workers to shut the factory door so that
workers cannot get in and so force them
not to work until the conditions imposed
by the management are met
lockout /lɒkaυt/ noun an industrial
dispute where the management will not
let the workers into the factory until
they have agreed to the management’s
conditions
lodge /lɒdʒ/ verb to lodge a complaint
against someone to make an official
complaint about someone
log of claims /lɒɡəv kleImz/ noun
a type of document used in industrial
negotiations that lists the demands made
by employees on an employer or by an
employer on employees
long /lɒŋ/ adjective for a large period
of time in the long term over a long
period of time
long-distance call /lɒŋ dIstəns
kɔl/ noun a telephone call to a number
which is not near
longhand /lɒŋhnd/ noun handwriting
where the words are written out in
full and not typed or in shorthand Applications
should be written in longhand
and sent to the human resources
manager.
long-range /lɒŋ reIndʒ/ adjective
for a long period of time in the future
long-range economic forecast a forecast
which covers a period of several
years
long service award /lɒŋ svIs
əwɔd/, award for long service
/əwɔd fə lɒŋ svIs/ noun a gift or
some other form of recognition given to
an employee who has worked for the
same organisation for a great many
years
long-service leave /lɒŋ svIs liv/
noun a period of paid leave given by
some employers to staff who have completed
several years of service
long-standing /lɒŋ stndIŋ/ adjective
which has been arranged for a
long time a long-standing agreement