The Dictionary of Human Resources and Employment Law Acronyms (ePub)

For serious professionals in human resources, employment law or business management, The Dictionary of Human Resources and Employment Law Acronyms is a 'must have' resource that delivers a wealth of knowledge from cover to cover. It helps decipher the growing tidal wave of 'alphabet soup' gushing from the human resources, legal services and other fields every day. In our increasingly litigious world, this book fills a deep void to help human resources professionals understand employment law lingo, while also helping employment law professionals expand their knowledge of human resources terminology. This voluminous book unlocks the bewildering acronym maze that all human resources and employment law professionals must wade through to perform their jobs well. Developed meticulously over a six-year period, this book is for those professionals who are passionate about human resources or employment law and want to be much wiser about their particular craft.

Jeff Chaltas is a writer and editor with extensive experience in corporate and other types of communications. He has worked in the industries of telecommunications, legal services, higher education, government, engineering, healthcare and information security. In the legal field, he worked as a proposal writer and data steward for a leading employment law firm for five years. In his various communications roles, Jeff has frequently used his inexplicable curiosity (almost an obsession) regarding acronyms to develop industry-specific lists of acronyms and their meanings to the benefit of his employers. This internal driving force is one reason why Jeff accumulated thousands of human resources and employment law acronyms over six years while creating The Dictionary of Human Resources and Employment Law Acronyms. He is currently an editor - under contract to the U.S. government - of agricultural economics research reports. In his academic pursuits, Jeff earned two bachelor's degrees (journalism and horticulture) and two master's degrees (journalism and an MBA).