Glossary

Your smart guide to the essential terms and definitions in global hiring

Accrued payroll

Agent of Record (AOR)

Annualised salary

Automated payroll

Business expansion

Company registration

Contracts of employment

Contractor payroll solutions

Cross-border employment

Cross-border payroll

Employer of record

Employment permit

Executive compensation benchmarking

Expats and international assignees

Fixed-term contract

Global compliance services

Global expansion

Global mobility

Global payroll compliance

Global payroll outsourcing

HR and payroll integration

Human Resources (HR)

Independent contractor

Independent contractor services

Independent contractor vs employee

International payroll

Interstate payroll

Invoicing services

Knowledge management system (KMS)

Labour law compliance

Managed payroll

Pay benchmarking

Payroll compliance

Payroll integrations

Payroll processing

Payroll software

Permanent establishment risk

PTO (paid time off)

Qualitative research in HR

Recruiting software

Revenue customs

Salary benchmarking

Salary benchmarking tool

Salary data analysis

Salary market data

Talent acquisition

Tax identification number

Umbrella company

Visa provisioning service

Work visa & immigration services

Worldwide payroll management

Workforce management

Year-end payroll

Zero-hour contract

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