Training Evaluation: The process of examining a training programme is called training evaluation.

Dismissal: The termination of the services of an employee as a punitive measure for some misconduct.

Whistle blowers: Employees who report employer violations of the law.

Suspension: Prohibiting an employee from attending work and to perform normal duties assigned to him.

Outplacement assistance: Efforts made by the employer to help a recently separated worker find a job.

Layoff: A layoff entails the separation of the employee from the organization temporarily for economic or business reasons.

Resignation: A voluntary separation initiated by the employee himself.

Separation: A separation is a decision that the individual and the organization should part.

Merit based promotion: An upward movement based on superior performance in the present job.

Demotion: Employee movement that occurs when an employee is moved from one job to another that is lower in pay, responsibility and/or organizational level.

Internal mobility: The lateral or vertical movement of an employee within an organization.

Fast track programme: A programme that encourages young managers with high potential to remain within an organization by enabling them to advance more rapidly them those with less potential.

Leveraging: It refers to resigning to further one's career with another employer.

Downsizing: A scaling back of an organization's employment level, usually through lay offs, attrition and voluntary retirement programmes.

Attrition: The loss of employees who quit an organization for various reasons.