Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

standby pay 246 status quo clause
standby pay /stndbaI peI/ noun
wages paid when an employee is on
standby duty
stand in for /stnd In fɔ/ verb to
take someone’s place Mr Smith is
standing in for the chairman, who is ill.
(NOTE: standing – stood)
standing committee /stndIŋ kə-
mIti/ noun a permanent committee
which deals with matters not given to
other committees
standing order /stndIŋ ɔdə/
noun an order written by a customer
asking a bank to pay money regularly to
an account I pay my subscription by
standing order.
standing orders /stndIŋ ɔdəz/
plural noun rules or regulations which
regulate the conduct of any body, such
as a council
stand off /stnd ɒf/ verb to reduce
employees’ hours of work because of
shortage of work (NOTE: standing –
stood)
standstill /stndstIl/ noun a situation
where work has stopped Production
is at a standstill. The strike
brought the factory to a standstill.
start /stɑt/ noun the beginning verb
to begin to do something to start legal
proceedings against someone to start
begin legal proceedings
starter /stɑtə/ noun a young person
who is starting in a job for the first time.
self-starter
starting /stɑtIŋ/ noun the act of
beginning
starting date /stɑtIŋ deIt/ noun a
date on which something starts
starting point /stɑtIŋ pɔInt/ noun
the place where something starts
starting salary /stɑtIŋ sləri/
noun a salary for an employee when
they start work with a company
start-up /stɑt p/ noun 1. the beginning
of a new company or new product
We went into the red for the first time
because of the start-up costs of the new
subsidiary in the USA. 2. a new, usually
small business that is just beginning its
operations, especially a new business
supported by venture capital and in a
sector where new technologies are used
state /steIt/ noun 1. an independent
country 2. a semi-independent section
of a federal country (such as the USA)
3. the government of a country
‘…the unions had argued that public sector pay
rates had slipped behind rates applying in state
and local government areas’
[Australian Financial Review]
state earnings-related pension
scheme /steIt nIŋz rIleItId
penʃən skim/ noun a state pension
which is additional to the basic retirement
pension and is based on average
earnings over an employee’s career.
Abbr SERPS
state enterprise /steIt entəpraIz/
noun a company run by the state
state-owned industry /steIt əυnd
Indəstri/ noun an industry which is
nationalised
state ownership /steIt əυnəʃIp/
noun a situation where an industry is
nationalised
state pension /steIt penʃən/ noun
a pension paid by the state
state sickness benefit /steIt
sIknəs benIfIt/ noun sick pay for
self-employed people or others who are
not eligible to receive statutory sick pay
statistics /stətIstIks/ plural noun
facts or information in the form of figures
to examine the sales statistics for
the previous six months Government
trade statistics show an increase in imports.
The statistics on unemployment
did not take school-leavers into account.
status /steItəs/ noun importance, position
in society loss of status the act
of becoming less important in a group
status agreement /steItəs ə-
ɡrimənt/ noun part of a collective
agreement which defines the rights and
obligations of each of the parties
involved
status quo /steItəs kwəυ/ noun the
existing structure and procedures in an
organisation The contract does not alter
the status quo.
status quo clause /steItəs kwəυ
klɔz/ noun a clause in an agreement by
which the management guarantees that