<p>This core vocabulary reference sheet provides key words and phrases for human resources and personnel departments. This vocabulary can be used in English for specific purposes classes as a starting point for including <a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-improve-your-vocabulary-1210334" data-inlink="u9hKssjZv4uq-09f8NduRQ&#61;&#61;" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="1">vocabulary</a> study relating to anything related to working in human resources. Teachers are often not equipped with the exact English terminology required in very specific trade sectors. For this reason, core vocabulary sheets go a long way in helping teachers provide adequate materials for students with English for Specific Purposes needs.</p><p><b></b></p><table><tbody><tr><td>absentee<br/>absenteeism<br/>absenteeism rate<br/>accident at work - industrial injury<br/>applicant - candidate<br/>application form<br/>to apply for a job<br/>to appoint a person<br/>apprenticeship<br/>aptitude test<br/>to ask for a rise<br/>assessment of applicants<br/>assistant<br/>back pay<br/>bargaining power<br/>basic salary<br/>to be dismissed - to be fired<br/>to be laid off<br/>to be on probation - to be on trial<br/>to be on strike<br/>to be out of work<br/>business hours - office hours<br/>Christmas bonus<br/>clerical work - office work<br/>company bargaining - company negotiation<br/>compensation for permanent disability<br/>concealed work - moonlighting<br/>contractual situation<br/>cost of living allowance<br/>credentials<br/>day shift<br/>direct labour<br/>disability pension<br/>disciplinary measure - disciplinary sanction<br/>to dismiss - to fire<br/>overtime pay<br/>overtime work<br/>part-time<br/>part-time job<br/>partial disability<br/>pay<br/>pay formula - retribution diagram<br/>pay increase for merit<br/>payroll - payroll ledger<br/>payslip<br/>pension<br/>pension fund<br/>period of notice<br/>permanent disability<br/>permanent job - steady job<br/>permanent staff<br/>personnel - staff<br/>personnel department<br/>personnel requirements<br/>planner<br/>prevention<br/>production bonus<br/>professional qualifications<br/>professional training<br/>programmer<br/>public holiday (GB) - national holiday (US)<br/>purchasing manager<br/>re-employment<br/>redundancy payment<br/>refresher course<br/>relationship management<br/>remuneration<br/>resign (chairman) - to give notice (employee)<br/>resignation (chairman) - notice (employee)<br/>to retire<br/></td><td>dismissal<br/>dismissal for cause<br/>dismissal without notice<br/>early retirement<br/>employer<br/>employment agency<br/>employment card - working papers<br/>employment contract - labour contract<br/>employment for a trial period<br/>employment office<br/>employment rate<br/>executive cadres<br/>executive personnel<br/>exit permit<br/>experienced person<br/>family allowances<br/>to fill a vacancy<br/>freelance<br/>full-time employment<br/>full employment<br/>full time<br/>general strike<br/>to go on strike<br/>gross wages and salaries<br/>have an accident at work<br/>health care<br/>higher education - advanced education<br/>to hold a position<br/>holiday (GB) - vacation (US)<br/>human relations - human relationships<br/>independent unions<br/>index-linked wages<br/>indirect labour<br/>industrial relations (GB) - labor relations (US)<br/>industrial tribunal - labour court<br/>retirement<br/>retirement age<br/>right to strike<br/>to risk indemnity<br/>role clash<br/>salaried workers - employees<br/>salary<br/>salary range - wage band<br/>seasonal employment<br/>seasonal workers<br/>secondary job<br/>to secure employment<br/>to select candidates<br/>senior clerk - senior employee<br/>severance pay - dismissal pay<br/>short-term employment<br/>sick leave<br/>skilled labour<br/>skilled work<br/>skilled workers<br/>social costs<br/>social insurance - national insurance<br/>social security<br/>sole director<br/>staff costs - personnel costs<br/>to strike<br/>striker<br/>to take measures<br/>to take one&#39;s holidays<br/>temporary disability<br/>temporary staff<br/>the job is still vacant<br/>top manager<br/>total disability<br/>trade-union (GB) - labor union (US)<br/></td><td>internal regulations<br/>to interview<br/>irregular work - discontinuous work<br/>job - employment<br/>job application<br/>job description<br/>job evaluation<br/>job satisfaction<br/>job security<br/>job sharing<br/>junior clerk - junior employee<br/>labor costs<br/>labor disputes<br/>labor force - manpower<br/>labor market<br/>labor mobility<br/>labor relations - trade-union relations<br/>labor retraining<br/>labor supply<br/>learning by doing - learning by practice<br/>leave<br/>letter of appointment<br/>lock-out<br/>management training<br/>managing director<br/>middle management<br/>minimum rate of pay<br/>motivation<br/>night shift<br/>occupation - employment<br/>office hours<br/>office manager<br/>office staff - office personnel<br/>on the job training<br/>outsourcing<br/>to train<br/>training<br/>training period<br/>trial period<br/>under contract<br/>underemployed<br/>unemployment<br/>unemployment benefits<br/>union dues - union subscription<br/>union officer - trade unionist<br/>unjustified dismissal<br/>unpaid leave<br/>unskilled labour<br/>unskilled worker<br/>vacancy - vacant position<br/>wage-cost spiral<br/>wage-earning workers<br/>wage-packet (GB) - pay envelope (US)<br/>wage bargaining - pay negotiations<br/>wage ceiling<br/>wage claims<br/>wage dynamics<br/>wage freeze<br/>wage indexation scale<br/>wage pressures<br/>welfare contributions<br/>to work at home<br/>work overtime<br/>work sheet<br/>worker - blue-collar worker<br/>working day<br/>working hour<br/>workload<br/>workplace<br/>workshift<br/></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>English for Specific Purposes Core Vocabulary Lists</b></p><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/advertising-vocabulary-1210143" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="2">English for Advertising</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/banking-and-financial-industry-1210144" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="3">English for Banking and Stocks</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/production-and-manufacturing-1210152" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="4">English for Book Keeping and Financial Administration</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/vocabulary-for-writing-business-letters-1210145" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="5">English for Business and Commercial Letters</a><br/>English for Human Resources<br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/french-long-stay-visa-application-process-1369705" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="6">English for the Insurance Industry</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/legal-english-vocabulary-1210149" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="7">English for Legal Purposes</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/logistics-management-vocabulary-1210150" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="8">English for Logistics</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/marketing-vocabulary-1210151" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="9">English for Marketing</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/production-and-manufacturing-1210152" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="10">English for Production and Manufacturing</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/sales-and-acquisitions-1210153" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="11">English for Sales and Acquisitions</a><p>dismissal<br/>dismissal for cause<br/>dismissal without notice<br/>early retirement<br/>employer<br/>employment agency<br/>employment card - working papers<br/>employment contract - labour contract<br/>employment for a trial period<br/>employment office<br/>employment rate<br/>executive cadres<br/>executive personnel<br/>exit permit<br/>experienced person<br/>family allowances<br/>to fill a vacancy<br/>freelance<br/>full-time employment<br/>full employment<br/>full time<br/>general strike<br/>to go on strike<br/>gross wages and salaries<br/>have an accident at work<br/>health care<br/>higher education - advanced education<br/>to hold a position<br/>holiday (GB) - vacation (US)<br/>human relations - human relationships<br/>independent unions<br/>index-linked wages<br/>indirect labour<br/>industrial relations (GB) - labor relations (US)<br/>industrial tribunal - labour court<br/>retirement<br/>retirement age<br/>right to strike<br/>to risk indemnity<br/>role clash<br/>salaried workers - employees<br/>salary<br/>salary range - wage band<br/>seasonal employment<br/>seasonal workers<br/>secondary job<br/>to secure employment<br/>to select candidates<br/>senior clerk - senior employee<br/>severance pay - dismissal pay<br/>short-term employment<br/>sick leave<br/>skilled labour<br/>skilled work<br/>skilled workers<br/>social costs<br/>social insurance - national insurance<br/>social security<br/>sole director<br/>staff costs - personnel costs<br/>to strike<br/>striker<br/>to take measures<br/>to take one&#39;s holidays<br/>temporary disability<br/>temporary staff<br/>the job is still vacant<br/>top manager<br/>total disability<br/>trade-union (GB) - labor union (US)<br/></p><p><b>Human Resources - Core Vocabulary Sheets Continued</b></p>Human Resources - Core Vocabulary Sheet 1<br/>Human Resources - Core Vocabulary Sheet 3<p><b>English for Specific Purposes Core Vocabulary Lists</b></p><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/advertising-vocabulary-1210143" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="1">English for Advertising</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/banking-and-financial-industry-1210144" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="2">English for Banking and Stocks</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/production-and-manufacturing-1210152" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="3">English for Book Keeping and Financial Administration</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/vocabulary-for-writing-business-letters-1210145" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="4">English for Business and Commercial Letters</a><br/>English for Human Resources<br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/french-long-stay-visa-application-process-1369705" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="5">English for the Insurance Industry</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/legal-english-vocabulary-1210149" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="6">English for Legal Purposes</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/logistics-management-vocabulary-1210150" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="7">English for Logistics</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/marketing-vocabulary-1210151" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="8">English for Marketing</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/production-and-manufacturing-1210152" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="9">English for Production and Manufacturing</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/sales-and-acquisitions-1210153" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="10">English for Sales and Acquisitions</a><p>internal regulations<br/>to interview<br/>irregular work - discontinuous work<br/>job - employment<br/>job application<br/>job description<br/>job evaluation<br/>job satisfaction<br/>job security<br/>job sharing<br/>junior clerk - junior employee<br/>labor costs<br/>labor disputes<br/>labor force - manpower<br/>labor market<br/>labor mobility<br/>labor relations - trade-union relations<br/>labor retraining<br/>labor supply<br/>learning by doing - learning by practice<br/>leave<br/>letter of appointment<br/>lock-out<br/>management training<br/>managing director<br/>middle management<br/>minimum rate of pay<br/>motivation<br/>night shift<br/>occupation - employment<br/>office hours<br/>office manager<br/>office staff - office personnel<br/>on the job training<br/>outsourcing<br/>to train<br/>training<br/>training period<br/>trial period<br/>under contract<br/>underemployed<br/>unemployment<br/>unemployment benefits<br/>union dues - union subscription<br/>union officer - trade unionist<br/>unjustified dismissal<br/>unpaid leave<br/>unskilled labour<br/>unskilled worker<br/>vacancy - vacant position<br/>wage-cost spiral<br/>wage-earning workers<br/>wage-packet (GB) - pay envelope (US)<br/>wage bargaining - pay negotiations<br/>wage ceiling<br/>wage claims<br/>wage dynamics<br/>wage freeze<br/>wage indexation scale<br/>wage pressures<br/>welfare contributions<br/>to work at home<br/>work overtime<br/>work sheet<br/>worker - blue-collar worker<br/>working day<br/>working hour<br/>workload<br/>workplace<br/>workshift<br/></p><p><b>Human Resources - Core Vocabulary Sheets Continued</b></p>Human Resources - Core Vocabulary Sheet 1<br/>Human Resources - Core Vocabulary Sheet 2<p><b>English for Specific Purposes Core Vocabulary Lists</b></p><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/advertising-vocabulary-1210143" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="1">English for Advertising</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/banking-and-financial-industry-1210144" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="2">English for Banking and Stocks</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/production-and-manufacturing-1210152" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="3">English for Book Keeping and Financial Administration</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/vocabulary-for-writing-business-letters-1210145" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="4">English for Business and Commercial Letters</a><br/>English for Human Resources<br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/french-long-stay-visa-application-process-1369705" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="5">English for the Insurance Industry</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/legal-english-vocabulary-1210149" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="6">English for Legal Purposes</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/logistics-management-vocabulary-1210150" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="7">English for Logistics</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/marketing-vocabulary-1210151" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="8">English for Marketing</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/production-and-manufacturing-1210152" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="9">English for Production and Manufacturing</a><br/><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/sales-and-acquisitions-1210153" data-type="internalLink" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-ordinal="10">English for Sales and Acquisitions</a>