Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

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daily rate /deIli reIt/ noun money
paid for one day’s work
damaged /dmIdʒd/ adjective
which has suffered damage or which has
been harmed goods damaged in
transit
damages /dmIdʒIz/ plural noun
money claimed as compensation for
harm done to claim £1000 in damages
to be liable for damages to pay
£25,000 in damages to bring an action
for damages against someone to
take someone to court and claim
damages
danger /deIndʒə/ noun 1. the possibility
of being harmed or killed The
old machinery poses a danger to the
workforce. The red light means danger.
2. the likelihood or possibility of
something there is no danger of the
sales force leaving it is not likely that
the sales force will leave in danger of
which may easily happen The company
is in danger of being taken over.
She is in danger of being made
redundant.
danger money /deIndʒə mni/
noun extra money paid to employees in
dangerous jobs The workforce has
stopped work and asked for danger
money. He decided to go to work on
an oil rig because of the danger money
offered as an incentive.
dangerous /deIndʒərəs/ adjective
which can be harmful dangerous job
a job where the workers may be hurt or
killed
danger zone bonus /deIndʒə
zəυn bəυnəs/ noun a bonus for working
in a particularly dangerous area
Danger-zone bonuses are awarded to
workers employed in countries experiencing
civil unrest or war.
data /deItə/ noun information available
on computer, e.g. letters or figures
All important data on employees was
fed into the computer. To calculate
the weekly wages, you need data on
hours worked and rates of pay. (NOTE:
takes singular or plural verb)
data bank /deItə bŋk/ noun a store
of information in a computer
database /deItəbeIs/ noun a set of
data stored in an organised way in a
computer system We can extract the
lists of potential customers from our
database.
data protection /deItə prətekʃən/
noun the safeguards that protect people
whose personal details are held on computers
or in paper-based filing systems
against improper use or storage of the
data that relates to them (NOTE: The
growing use of computers to store information
about individuals has led
many countries to pass laws designed
to protect the privacy of individuals and
prevent the disclosure of information to
unauthorised people.)
Data Protection Act (1984) /deItə
prətekʃən kt/ noun an Act of Parliament
which prevents the use of details
of a person which are stored in a database
for other uses than that for which
the record was originally made
date /deIt/ noun 1. the number of a
day, month and year I have received
your letter of yesterday’s date. date of
receipt the date when something is received
2. to date up to now interest
to date interest up to the present time
verb to put a date on a document The
cheque was dated March 24th. You
forgot to date the cheque.
dated /deItId/ adjective 1. with a date
written on it Thank you for your letter