Luxury Lexicon 24 terms
Employment terms
Contracts, working patterns, qualifications and benefits that appear in UK vacancies.
A
- Annual leave
- Annual leave is time away from work taken as part of a worker’s holiday entitlement.
- Apprenticeship
- An apprenticeship is a paid job in which someone learns an occupation through supervised work and structured training.
B
- Background check
- A background check verifies selected information about a candidate before employment.
- Bank holiday
- A bank holiday is an official public holiday in the part of the UK where it is observed.
- Bilingual
- A bilingual job requires or values the ability to use two languages at work.
C
- Counter manager
- A counter manager leads the sales and day-to-day operation of a brand’s counter inside a host retailer.
- Covering letter
- A covering letter introduces an application and explains how the applicant’s experience fits the advertised role.
E
- EAP
- Employee assistance programme: employer-arranged support for personal or work-related concerns, with services that vary by provider.
- Employee referral
- A current employee’s recommendation of someone for a role, which the employer may reward with a bonus if that person is hired.
- Ethical fashion
- An approach to clothing that considers how it is made and its effects on workers, communities and other living things.
F
- Fixed-term contract
- A fixed-term contract is an employment agreement with an agreed end point.
- FTE
- Full-time equivalent: a way to express working time as a proportion of a defined full-time workload.
H
- HRIS
- Human resources information system: software used to maintain employee records and support personnel processes.
- Hybrid work
- A working pattern that combines time at the employer’s premises with remote work, usually from home.
K
- Keyholder
- A store employee authorised to open or close the premises and carry out the associated security procedures.
N
- Notice period
- A notice period is the interval between giving notice and the date employment is due to end.
- NVQ
- An NVQ, or National Vocational Qualification, recognises demonstrated competence in a specified occupation at a stated level.
O
- Open availability
- Open availability means a person can be scheduled across the days and shifts specified by the employer.
P
- Pro rata
- Pro rata means that an amount is calculated in proportion to a stated basis, such as contracted hours.
- Probation period
- A probation period is an initial period of employment during which performance and suitability for the role are assessed.
R
- Right to work
- The right to work is a person’s legal permission to undertake a particular job in the UK.
- Rota
- A rota is a schedule that assigns people to particular duties or shifts.
S
- Succession planning
- Preparing people to take on important roles when their current holders move or leave.
W
- Workplace pension auto-enrolment
- Automatic enrolment is the process by which an employer puts an eligible worker into a workplace pension scheme.