Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

CAC 38 call-in pay
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CAC abbr Central Arbitration
Committee
cafeteria /kfətIəriə/ noun a
self-service restaurant which belongs to
a factory or office, where the staff can
eat Most people have lunch in the staff
cafeteria.
cafeteria-style benefits plan
/kfətIəriə staIl benIfIts pln/
noun a scheme for benefits for employees,
where the employee can
choose from a range of benefits on
offer, depending on different levels of
contribution
calculate /klkjυleIt/ verb 1. to find
the answer to a problem using numbers
The bank clerk calculated the rate of
exchange for the dollar. 2. to estimate
I calculate that we have six months’
stock left.
calculating
machine
/klkjυleItIŋ məʃin/ noun same as
calculator
calculation /klkjυleIʃ(ə)n/ noun
the answer to a problem in mathematics
According to my calculations, we
have six months’ stock left. we are
£20,000 out in our calculations we
have £20,000 too much or too little
calculator /klkjυleItə/ noun an
electronic machine which does calculations
such as adding, subtracting and
multiplying He worked out the discount
on his calculator.
calendar /klIndə/ noun a book or
set of sheets of paper showing the days
and months in a year, often attached to
pictures For the New Year, the garage
sent me a calendar with photographs of
old cars.
calendar month /klIndə mnθ/
noun a whole month as on a calendar,
from the 1st to the 30th or 31st Ninety
days’ credit is almost three calendar
months.
calendar year /klIndə jIə/ noun a
year from the 1st January to 31st
December
call /kɔl/ noun 1. a conversation on
the telephone to make a call to dial
and speak to someone on the telephone
to log calls to note all details of telephone
calls made 2. a demand for repayment
of a loan by a lender 3. an official
request for something 4. a visit The
salespeople make six calls a day. verb
1. to telephone someone I’ll call you
at your office tomorrow. 2. to call on
someone to visit someone Our salespeople
call on their best accounts twice
a month. 3. to ask someone to do something
the union called a strike the
union told its members to go on strike
call-back pay /kɔl bk peI/ noun
pay given to an employee who has been
called back to work after their normal
working hours
call centre /kɔl sentə/ noun adepartment
or business that operates a
large number of telephones and specialises
in making calls to sell products or in
receiving calls from customers to
helplines or information or after-sales
services (NOTE: a call centre often acts
as the central point of contact between
an organisation and its customers)
caller /kɔlə/ noun 1. a person who
telephones 2. a person who visits
call in /kɔl In/ verb 1. to visit
Their sales representative called in
twice last week. 2. to telephone to make
contact We ask the reps to call in every
Friday to report the weeks’ sales. 3.
to ask for a debt to be paid
call-in pay /kɔl In peI/ noun
payment guaranteed to employees who