Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

part-owner 193 pay as you earn
with someone to join with someone to
form a partnership
part-owner /pɑt əυnə/ noun a person
who owns something jointly with
one or more other people I am
part-owner of the restaurant.
part-time /pɑt taIm/ adjective, adverb
not working for the whole working
week a part-time worker It is a
part-time job that involves. He is trying
to find part-time work when the children
are in school. We are looking for
part-time staff to work our computers.
She only works part-time as she has
small children to look after.
part-time director /pɑt taIm daI-
rektə/ noun same as non-executive
director
part-time employee /pɑt taIm
ImplɔIi/, part-time worker /pɑt
taIm wkə/ noun an employee who
works for part of a working week (officially
between 8 and 16 hours per week)
part-timer /pɑt taImə/ noun a person
who works part-time
part-time work /pɑt taIm wk/,
part-time employment /pɑt taIm
ImplɔImənt/ noun work for part of a
working week (officially, between 8 and
16 hours per week)
party /pɑti/ noun a person or organisation
involved in a legal dispute or legal
agreement How many parties are
there to the contract? The company is
not a party to the agreement.
pass /pɑs/ noun a permit to allow
someone to go into a building You
need a pass to enter the ministry offices.
All members of staff must show a
pass. verb 1. to move something on to
someone else to pass the buck to
move a problem or responsibility on to
someone else to deal with It has got to
the point that there is so much
buck-passing that none of the problems
get solved. 2. to be successful He
passed his typing test. She has passed
all her exams and now is a qualified
accountant.
passive interview /psIv
Intəvju/ noun an interview where the
interviewee only answers the questions
(as in a closed interview)
password /pɑswd/ noun a word
or character which identifies a user and
allows them access to a computer
system
paternalism /pətn(ə)lIz(ə)m/
noun used to describe a style of management
where the employer is overprotective
towards their employees
paternalistic /pətnəlIstIk/ adjective
being overprotective towards the
employees
paternalistic management style
/pətnəlIstIk mnIdʒmənt staIl/
noun a way of managing, where the employer
takes all the decisions and tries to
keep the loyalty of the workforce by
giving them special treatment
paternity leave /pətnIti liv/
noun a short period of leave given to a
father to be away from work when his
partner has a baby
pattern bargaining /pt(ə)n
bɑɡInIŋ/ noun bargaining between
unions and an employer, in which the
unions refer to past collective agreements
made with employers
pay /peI/ noun a salary or wages,
money given to someone for regular
work holiday with pay holiday which
an employee can take by contract and
for which they are paid verb 1. to give
money to buy an item or a service
How much did you pay to have the office
cleaned? 2. to give an employee money
for work done The workforce has not
been paid for three weeks. We pay
good wages for skilled workers. How
much do they pay you per hour? to be
paid by the hour to get money for each
hour worked to be paid at piecework
rates to get money for each piece of
work finished
‘…recession encourages communication not
because it makes redundancies easier, but
because it makes low or zero pay increases
easier to accept’ [Economist]
payable /peIəb(ə)l/ adjective which
is due to be paid payable on demand
which must be paid when payment is
asked for
pay as you earn /peI əz ju n/ a
tax system, where income tax is deducted
from the salary before it is paid
to the worker. Abbr PAYE