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title: Glossary | Workstaff Team
description: Workstaff makes scheduling and planning on-demand personnel smooth and easy. With the companion mobile app and instant push notifications, your staff is continuously kept in the loop and informed.
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# The** Temp Staffing Glossary**

Understanding Key Terms

### A

- [ Absenteeism Tracking ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/absenteeism-tracking)
- [ Active Temp Pool ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/active-temp-pool)
- [ Agency Agreement Terms ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/agency-agreement-terms)
- [ Agency Worker Rights ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/agency-worker-rights)
- [ Applicant Tracking System (ATS) ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/applicant-tracking-system-ats)
- [ Arbitrary Scheduling ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/arbitrary-scheduling)
- [ Assigned Temp Position ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/assigned-temp-position)
- [ Assignment Duration ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/assignment-duration)
- [ At-Will Employment ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/at-will-employment)

### B

- [ Badge Time Clock ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/badge-time-clock)
- [ Biometric Time Clock ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/biometric-time-clock)
- [ Boomerang Employee ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/boomerang-employee)
- [ Broadbanding ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/broadbanding)

### C

- [ Clopening Shifts ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/clopening-shifts)
- [ Cost-Per-Hire ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/cost-per-hire)

### D

- [ Daily Staffing Forecasts ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/daily-staffing-forecasts)
- [ Delayering ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/delayering)
- [ Direct Placement ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/direct-placement)

### E

- [ E-Recruitment ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/e-recruitment)
- [ E-Reputation ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/e-reputation)
- [ Employee Retention for Temporary Workers ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/employee-retention-for-temporary-workers)
- [ Employer Branding ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/employer-branding)

### F

- [ Flex-Time Scheduling ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/flex-time-scheduling)
- [ Flexible Scheduling Software ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/flexible-scheduling-software)
- [ Flexible Staffing Solutions ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/flexible-staffing-solutions)
- [ Front Pay ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/front-pay)

### H

- [ Hours Reporting ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/hours-reporting)

### I

- [ Incentive Pay ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/incentive-pay)
- [ Internal Mobility ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/internal-mobility)

### K

- [ KSAs ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/ksas)

### L

- [ Labor Pool Optimization ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/labor-pool-optimization)
- [ Labor Pool Planning ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/labor-pool-planning)
- [ LMS ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/lms)

### M

- [ Management by Objectives (MBO) ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/management-by-objectives-mbo)
- [ Mobile Time Clock ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/mobile-time-clock)
- [ Multigenerational Workforce ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/multigenerational-workforce)

### N

- [ Non-Exempt Employee ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/non-exempt-employee)

### O

- [ On-Demand Staffing ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/on-demand-staffing)

### P

- [ Passive Candidate ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/passive-candidate)
- [ Payrolling ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/payrolling)

### Q

- [ Quiet Quitting ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/quiet-quitting)

### R

- [ Retro Pay ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/retro-pay)

### S

- [ Scheduled Time Off ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/scheduled-time-off)
- [ Shift Bidding ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/shift-bidding)
- [ Shift Rotation System ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/shift-rotation-system)
- [ Staffing Gap Analysis ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/staffing-gap-analysis)
- [ Staffing Model Optimization ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/staffing-model-optimization)

### T

- [ Temp Pool Sourcing ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/temp-pool-sourcing)
- [ Temporary Labor Compliance ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/temporary-labor-compliance)
- [ Temporary Staff Training ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/temporary-staff-training)
- [ Temporary to Permanent Hiring ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/temporary-to-permanent-hiring)
- [ Time Theft ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/time-theft)
- [ Time-Card Management ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/time-card-management)
- [ Timesheet Compliance ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/timesheet-compliance)
- [ Turnover Rate for Temporary Employees ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/turnover-rate-for-temporary-employees)

### V

- [ Variable Hourly Staffing ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/variable-hourly-staffing)
- [ Vendor Management System (VMS) ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/vendor-management-system-vms)

### W

- [ Workforce Augmentation ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/workforce-augmentation)
- [ Workforce Forecasting ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/workforce-forecasting)

### Z

- [ Zero-Hours Contracts ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/zero-hours-contracts)

### #

- [ ​​Real-Time Shift Adjustments ](https://workstaff.app/en/glossary/real-time-shift-adjustments)

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