Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

estart 226 retainer
employees in dealings with
management
restart /rIstɑt/ verb to start something
again Negotiations will restart
tomorrow.
restart interview /ristɑt
Intəvju/ noun an interview given to
someone who is unemployed, with the
aim of advising them on means of getting
back to work
rest break /rest breIk/ noun a period
of time during the working day when an
employee is allowed to be away from
their workstation for a rest or meal
break (NOTE: Many countries have laws
governing how often employees are allowed
rest breaks and how long those
rest breaks should be, depending on
the number of hours the employee
works in a day.)
rest period /rest pIəriəd/ noun the
length of time between periods of work
that an employee is entitled to have for
rest (NOTE: Many countries have laws
governing the rights of employees to
have a particular number of periods of
rest per day, per week, and, sometimes,
per month.)
restraint /rIstreInt/ noun control
restrict /rIstrIkt/ verb to limit or to
impose controls on We are restricted
to twenty staff by the size of our offices.
restrictive /rIstrIktIv/ adjective
which limits
restrictive covenant /rIstrIktIv
kvənənt/ noun a clause in a contract
which prevents someone from doing
something
restrictive practices /rIstrIktIv
prktIsIz/, restrictive trade practices
/rIstrIktIv treId prktIsIz/
plural noun ways of working which
make people less free (such as trade unions
stopping workers from doing certain
jobs or companies not allowing
customers a free choice of product) As
part of a policy of restrictive practices
he refused to do anything which was not
laid down in his contract of employment.
Restrictive practices in industry
mean that employers will not be able to
afford to take on more labour.
restructuring /ristrktʃərIŋ/ noun
the process of reorganising the financial
basis of a company
result /rIzlt/ noun something which
happens because of something else
What was the result of the price investigation?
The company doubled its
sales force with the result that the sales
rose by 26%. verb to result in to
produce as a result The doubling of
the sales force resulted in increased
sales. The extra orders resulted in
overtime work for all the factory staff.
We have to fill several vacancies resulting
from the recent internal promotions.
result-driven /rIzlt drIv(ə)n/ adjective
used to describe a strategy or organisation
that focuses mainly on results
and achievements (NOTE: A result-driven
organisation concentrates
on achieving its aims, and delivering
products at the required time, cost, and
quality, and considers performance to
be more important than procedures.)
resume /rIzjum/ verb to start again
The discussions resumed after a two
hour break.
résumé /rezjumeI/, resume noun
US a summary of a person’s work experience
and qualifications sent to a prospective
employer by someone applying
for a job (NOTE: British English is curriculum
vitae)
resumption /rIzmpʃən/ noun an
act of starting again we expect an
early resumption of negotiations we
expect negotiations will start again soon
retail price(s) index /riteIl
praIsIz Indeks/ noun an index which
shows how prices of consumer goods
have increased or decreased over a period
of time. Abbr RPI
retain /rIteIn/ verb 1. to keep measures
to retain experienced staff Out
of the profits, the company has retained
£50,000 as provision against bad debts.
2. to retain a lawyer to act for a
company to agree with a lawyer that
they will act for you (and pay them a fee
in advance)
retainer /rIteInə/ noun money paid in
advance to someone so that they will
work for you, and not for someone else
We pay them a retainer of £1,000.