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Business, Management, Human Resources Dictionary: G

Find business, management and human resources terminology - the terms that begin with G in the glossary.

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Garnishment

Garnishment is the process of taking money from an employee's compensation to pay off a debt that the employee owes. The garnishment is usually the result of a court order. The employer is required to cooperate with a wage garnishment order. Find out more about garnishment.

Gen Y - Millennials

The Gen Y workers joining your workforce now were born between 1980 and 2000. They have characteristics that you cherish and others that challenge. Find out more.

Generation X

Generation Xers are people born between 1965 and 1976 – 1980, depending on the source. Gen Xers are independent, enjoy Informality, are entrepreneurial, and seek emotional maturity. They are the core of your current workforce. Learn about Gen-Xers.

Gift Policy

A gift policy provides guidance to company employees about what is and isn’t appropriate to accept as a present, offering, advertisement, award, or token of appreciation from a customer, vendor, supplier, potential employee, or potential vendor or supplier. The gift policy states whether employees are allowed to accept gifts both within and outside of work premises. Find out more about a compan…

Goals

Goals are objectives, targets, purposes, intentions and plans that you intend to achieve. You set your goals to inspire yourself to further success and achievement. Goals are most powerful when they are written and regularly reviewed. Find out more about goals.

Goal Setting: Beyond Traditional SMART Goals

Once upon a time, in a business world that seems remote, SMART goals (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-based) were enough to support business success. No more. Goal setting is the foundation for success. It is time, however, in today's business environment, to expand the meaning of SMART goals. And, perhaps, one word per letter is no longer enough to define a useful acronym.

Gross Pay

Gross pay is the amount of money that is paid to an employee by an employer. Would you like to know how to calculate gross pay? There is a big difference between gross pay and net pay. One is your paycheck total; the other is your total pay. Find a definition for gross pay.

Garnishment

Wage garnishment is a legal procedure in which a person’s earnings are required by court order to be withheld by an employer for the payment of a debt such as child support.

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