Business, Management, Human Resources Dictionary: C
Find business, management and human resources terminology - the terms that begin with C in the glossary.
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The first step in any effort to improve employee performance is counseling or coaching. Counseling or coaching is part of the day-to-day interaction between a supervisor and an employee who reports to her, or an HR professional and line managers. Coaching often provides positive feedback about employee contributions. But, coaching also helps an employee improve performance.
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) set forth regulations that give employees and their families, who lose their health benefits because of unemployment, the right to choose to continue group health benefits provided by their group health plan. These health care benefits may be extended for limited periods of time under certain circumstances according to the COBRA regulations.
Compensation is the total amount of the monetary and non-monetary pay and benefits provided to an employee by an employer in return for work performed as required. Compensation is based on market research about the worth of similar jobs, employee contributions and accomplishments, and the availability of employees with like skills in the marketplace.
A confidentiality agreement is a written legal contract between an employer and employee. The confidentiality agreement lays out binding terms and conditions that prohibit the employee from disclosing company confidential and proprietary information. A confidentiality agreement is in effect for the duration of an employee’s employment and for a period of time following employment termination.
Counseling (work coaching) is providing day-to-day feedback to employees about areas in which their performance at work can improve.
Culture is made up of the values, beliefs, underlying assumptions, attitudes, and behaviors shared by a group of people. Culture is the behavior that results when a group arrives at a set of - generally unspoken and unwritten - rules for working together. An organization’s culture is made up of all of the life experiences each employee brings to the organization.
