Fatskills
Practice. Master. Repeat.
Study Guide: SHRM-CP / SHRM-SCP Certification Exam: List of Common HR Acronyms
Source: https://www.fatskills.com/shrm/chapter/shrm-cp-shrm-scp-certification-exam-list-of-common-hr-acronyms

SHRM-CP / SHRM-SCP Certification Exam: List of Common HR Acronyms

By Fatskills Exam Guides Team — the exam nerds behind 28,500+ quizzes and 2.1M practice questions across 500+ global exams.

⏱️ ~18 min read
AA 1) Affirmative Action; 2) Adverse Action
AACU American Association of Colleges and Universities
AAO Affirmative Action Officer
AAP Affirmative Action Plan
AAR Average Annual Return
ABF Asset-Based Financing
ABM Activity-Based Management
ABMS Activity-Based Management System
ACA Affordable Care Act
ACH Automated Clearing House
AD&D Accidental Death and Dismemberment
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ADAAA Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act
ADEA Age Discrimination in Employment Act
ADL Activities of Daily Living
ADP Automatic Data Processing
ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution
AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
AFSCME American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employers
AI Appreciative Inquiry
AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AJB America’s Job Bank
ALC Alien Labor Certification
ALEX Automated Labor Exchange
ALJ Administrative Law Judge
ALM Asset Liability Management
AMPS Auction Market Preferred Stock
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AP Accounts Payable
APA American Psychological Association
APB Accounting Principles Board
aPHR Associate Professional in Human Resources
APR Annual Percentage Rate
APV Adjusted Present Value
APY Annual Percentage Yield
AR Accounts Receivable
ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
ASB Accounting Standards Board
ASHHRA American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration
ASO Administrative Services Only Plan
ASTD American Society for Training and Development
ATB Across the Board
ATO 1) Administrative Time Off; 2) Asset Turnover
ATOI After Tax Operating Income
ATU Annual Tax Unit
AWL Actual Wage Loss
AWOL Absent Without Leave
AWW Average Weekly Wage
BARS Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale
BAT Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
BB Base Benefits
BCP Business Continuity Plan
BCR Benefit/Cost Ratio
BIA Business Impact Analysis
BFOQ or BOQ Bona Fide Occupational Qualification
BLBA Black Lunch Benefits Act
BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics
BNA Bureau of National Affairs
BOD Board of Directors
BOT Board of Trustees
BPA Blanket Purchase Agreement
BRB Benefit Review Board
BU Bargaining Unit
C&B Compensation and Benefits
C&P Compensation and Pension
CAA Congressional Accountability Act
CAFTA Central American Free Trade Agreement
CAI Computer Assisted Instruction
CAO Chief Administrative Officer
CAPEX Capital Expenditures
CASB Cost Accounting Standards Board
CBA Controlled Business Arrangement
CBO Congressional Budget Office
CBP Cafeteria Benefit Plan
CBT Computer-Based Testing
CC Civil Code
CCH Commerce Clearing House
CCHR Canadian Council on Human Resources
CCI Consumer Confidence Index
CCL Center for Creative Leadership
CCP Certified Compensation Professional
CCPA Consumer Credit Protection Act
CDC Center for Disease Control
CDL Commercial Driver’s License
CEA 1) Commodity Exchange Authority; 2) Certificate of Educational Achievement
CEBS Certified Employee Benefits Specialist
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CEPS Cash Earnings Per Share
CEU Continuing Education Unit
CFAT Cash Flow After Taxes
CFO Chief Financial/Fiscal Officer
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CGQ Corporate Governance Quotient
CGT Capital Gains Tax
CHRC 1) Canadian Human Rights Commission; 2) Criminal History Records Check
CHRO Chief Human Resources Officer
CIO 1) Chief Investment Officer; 2) Chief Information Officer
CISO Chief Information Security Officer
CMO Chief Marketing Officer
CO Compliance Officer
COB Close of Business
COBRA Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
COL Cost of Living
COLA Cost of Living Adjustment
COO Chief Operating/Operations Officer
CPA Certified Public Accountant
CPE Continuing Professional Education
CPG Consumer Packaged Goods
CPHR California Professional in Human Resources Certification
CPI Consumer Price Index
CPI-U Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
CPI-W Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
CPM Critical Path Method
CR Corporate Responsibility
CRM 1) Client Relationship Management; 2) Customer Relationship Management; 3) Credit Risk Management
CROGI Cash Return on Gross Investment
CSHO Compliance Safety and Health Officer
CSO Chief Security Officer
CTO Compensatory Time Off
CTS Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
CUPA College and University Personnel Association
CUSFTA Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
CV Curriculum Vitae
CWHSSA Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act
CWSP College Work-Study Program
D&I Diversity and Inclusion
D&O Directors and Officers
DB Defined Benefit
DBA 1) Davis-Bacon Act; 2) Doing Business As
DBPP Defined Benefit Pension Plan
DC Defined Contribution
DCA Dollar Cost Averaging
DCAA Defense Contract Audit Agency
DCF Discounted Cash Flow
DCPP Defined Contribution Pension Plan
DCAP Dependent Care Assistance Program
DEFRA Deficit Reduction Act
DFA Department of Finance and Administration
DFEH Department of Fair Employment and Housing
DINKS Dual Income No Kids
DJIA Dow Jones Industrial Average
DMADV Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify
DMAIC Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control
DRIP Dividend Reinvestment Plan
DRP Disaster Recovery Plan
DSI Discretionary Salary Increase
DSPP Direct Stock Purchase Plan
DOB Date of Birth
DOC United States Department of Commerce
DOD United States Department of Defense
DOH Date of Hire
DOI Date of Injury
DOJ United States Department of Justice
DOL United States Department of Labor
DOLETA Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration
DOT 1) Dictionary of Occupational Titles; 2) United States Department of Transportation
DTI Department of Trade and Industry
DVOP Disabled Veterans Outreach Program
DW Dislocated Worker
DWC Division of Workers’ Compensation
E-VERIFY United States Department of Labor New Hire Screening System
EAC Employee Advisory Committee/Council
EAP Employee Assistance Program
EAPA Employee Assistance Professionals Association
EB Extended Benefits
EBO Employee Buyout
EBRI Employee Benefits Research Institute
EBS Employee Benefits Security
EBSA Employee Benefit Security Administration
EBT Earnings Before Tax
ECI Employment Cost Index
ECOA Equal Credit Opportunity Act
ECPA Electronic Communications Privacy Act
EDA Economically Depressed Area
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EDP 1) Electronic Data Processing; 2) Employee Development Plan
EE Employee
EEO Equal Employment Opportunity
EEO-1/EEO-4 EEO-1 or EEO-4 Report/Standard Form 100 Report
EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EEOICPA Energy Employee Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act
EFT Electronic Funds Transfer
EFTA European Free Trade Area
EGTRRA Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act
EI or EQ Emotional Intelligence
EIC Earned Income Tax Credit
EIN Employer Identification Number
EMT Executive Management Team
EO Executive Order
EOB Explanation of Benefits
EOD End of Day
EOI Evidence of Insurability
EOY End of Year
EPA 1) Equal Pay Act; 2) Environmental Protection Agency
EPLI Employment Practices Liability Insurance
EPPA Employee Polygraph Protection Act
EPS Earnings per Share
ER Employer
ERISA Employee Retirement Income Security Act
ERTA Economic Recovery Tax Act
ESA Employment Standards Administration
ESL English as a Second Language
ESO Employee Stock Option
ESOP Employee Stock Option Plan
ESOT Employee Stock Ownership and Trust
ESP Exchange Stock Portfolio
ESS Employee Self-Service
ETA 1) Employment and Training Administration; 2) Estimated Time of Arrival
EU European Union
EV Enterprise Value
EVA Economic Value Added
EVM Earned Value Management
EX Exempt
FAAS Financial Assurance and Accountability Standards
FACT Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FAS Financial Accounting Standards
FASB Financial Accounting Standards Board
FASAB Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Board
FASAC Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Committee
FASB Financial Accounting Standards Board
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FCCPA Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act
FCPA Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
FCRA Fair Credit Reporting Act
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FDCPA Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FEA Fair Employment Act
FECA Federal Employees’ Compensation Act
FEIN Federal Employment Identification Number
FELA Federal Employment Liability Act
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEP Fair Employment Practice
FERS Federal Employees Retirement System
FES Factor Evaluation System
FFY Federal Fiscal Year
FHA Federal Housing Administration
FICA Federal Insurance Contributions Act
FICO Fair Isaac Credit Organization
FIE Foreign Invested Enterprise
FIFO First In, First Out
FLC Foreign Labor Certification
FLRA Federal Labor Relations Authority
FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act
FMLA Family Medical Leave Act
FMSHA Federal Mine and Safety Health Act
FMV Fair Market Value
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
FOM Field Operations Manual
FOREX Foreign Exchange
FR Federal Register
FRA Federal Reserve Act
FRB Federal Reserve Board
FROI First Report of Injury
FRS Financial Reporting Standards
FSA Flexible Spending Account
FSB Fortune Small Business
FSET Federal State Employment Tax
FSLMRA Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Act
FT Full-Time
FTA Free Trade Agreement
FTC Federal Trade Commission
FTD Federal Tax Deposit
FTE Full-Time Equivalent
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FUA Federal Unemployment Account
FUTA Federal Unemployment Tax ACT
FY Fiscal Year
GAAC Government Accounting and Auditing Committee
GAAFR Governmental Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Reporting
GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAAS Generally Accepted Auditing Standards
GAGAS Generally Accepted Government Accounting Standards
GAO General Accounting Office
GAS Governmental Accounting Standards
GASB Governmental Accounting Standards Board
GATB General Aptitude Test Battery
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GED General Equivalency Diploma
GIC Guaranteed Investment Contract
GICS Global Industry Classification Standards
GIF Guaranteed Investment Fund
GINA Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
GIPS Global Investment Policy Standard
GIS Geographic Information System
GL 1) General Ledger; 2) General Liability
GLB Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
GLSO Group Legal Services Organization
GM Gross Margin
GNP Gross National Product
GPHR Global Professional in Human Resources Certification
GPROI Gross Profit Return on Investment
GPS Global Positioning System
GR General Revenue
GS General Schedule
GSI General Salary Increase
GTL Group Term Life Insurance
HAS Highest Average Salary
HAZMAT Hazardous Material
HB House Bill
HC Human Capital
HCE Highly Compensated Employee
HCFA Health Care Financing Administration
HCIP Harmonized Index of Consumer Pricing
HCM Human Capital Management
HCN Home-Country Nationals
HCO Health Care Organization
HCSA Health Care Spending Account
HCTC Health Coverage Tax Credit
HHS Department of Health and Human Services
HIPC Health Insurance Purchasing Cooperatives
HIPPA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HITECH Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HMO Health Maintenance Organizations
HR Human Resources
HRA Health Reimbursement Account
HRCI Human Resource Certification Institute
HRCS Human Resource Competency Study
HRD 1) Human Resources Development; 2) Human Resources Department
HRIS Human Resources Information System
HRLY Hourly
HRM Human Resources Management
HRMS Human Resource Management System
HROD Human Resources and Organizational Development
HSA Health Savings Account
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
HUD United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
I-9 United States Immigration Form I-9
IAG International Auditing Guidelines
IAS International Accounting Standards
IASC International Accounting Standards Committee
ICC International Chamber of Commerce
ICE United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
IFEBP International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
IHRIM International Association of Human Resource Information Management
IIPP Injury and Illness Prevention Programs/Plans
ILAB International Labor Affairs Bureau
ILO International Labor Organization
IME Independent Medical Examination
INA Immigration and Naturalization Act
INS Immigration and Naturalization Service
IOS International Organization for Standards
IPA Inflation Protected Annuity
IPI Industrial Protection Index
IPMA International Personnel Management Association
IPO Initial Public Offering
IPS 1) Inflation Protected Security; 2) Investment Policy Statement
IRA Individual Retirement Account
IRB Internal Revenue Bulletin
IRC Internal Revenue Code
IRCA Immigration Reform and Control Act
IRR Internal Rate of Return
IRS Internal Revenue Service
ISO 1) International Standards Organization; 2) Incentive Stock Option
ISP Internet Service Provider
ISSA International Securities Services Association
IT Information Technology
ITA United States International Trade Administration
ITIN Individual Taxpayer Identification Number
IUR Insured Unemployment Rates
IVR Interactive Voice Response
J&S Joint and Survivorship
JAN Job Accommodation Network
JD 1) Job Description; 2) Juris Doctorate; 3) Job Date
JGTRRA Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act
JEEP Joint Ethics Enforcement Plan
JIT Just in Time
JOA Joint Operating Agreement
JPAC Joint Public Advisory Committee
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
JSSA Jury Selection and Service Act
JTPA Job Training Partnership Act (replaced by WIA)
JV Joint Venture
JVA Jobs for Veterans Act
KM Knowledge Management
KPI Key Performance Indicator
KSA Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities
KSOP 401(k) Employee Stock Option Plan
LA Labor Area
LAN Local Area Network
LAR Legislative Appropriations Request
LAUS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
LBB Legislative Budget Board
LBO Leveraged Buyout
LCA Labor Condition Application
LCD Labor Cost Distribution
LDI Liability-Driven Investment
LDP Last Day Paid
LDW Last Day Worked
LEI Leading Economic Indicators
LEO Long-Term Equity Options
LEPO Low Exercise Price Option
LF Labor Force
LFPR Labor Force Participation Rate
LFY Last Fiscal Year
LHWCA Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
LIFO Last In, First Out
LLC Limited Liability Company
LLP Limited Liability Partnership
LMA Labor Market Area
LMI Labor Market Information
LMRA Labor Management Relations Act
LMRDA Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
LMS Learning Management System
LO Learning Objectives
LOA Leave of Absence
LOC Letter of Commitment
LOI Letter of Intent
LOR Letter of Response
LOS Length of Stay
LOW Lack of Work
LP Limited Partnership
LR Labor Relations
LRO Labor Relations Officer
LT Lost Time
LTC Long-Term Care
LTCM Long-Term Capital Management
LTD Long-Term Disability
LTFP Long-Term Financial Plan
LTIP Long-Term Incentive Plan
LTO Long-Term Option
LTV Loan-to-Value Ratio
LWDI Lost Work Day Injury Rate
LWO Leave Without Pay
LWP Leave with Pay
M&A Merger and Acquisition
MBO Management by Objectives
MBTI Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
MER Management Expense Ratio
MEWA Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement
MHAEA Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act
MHPA Mental Health Parity Act
MHPAEA Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
MIRR Modified Internal Rate of Return
MIS Management Information System
MLA Minimum Liquid Assets
MLM Multilevel Marketing
MLP Master Limited Partnership
MLR Monthly Labor Review
MLS Mass Layoff Statistics
MNC Multinational Corporation
MOC Market on Close
MOF Ministry of Finance
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MPPAA Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act
MRD Minimum Required Distribution
MSA 1) Medical Savings Account; 2) Metropolitan Statistical Area; 3) Merit Salary Adjustment
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet
MSFW Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker
MSHA Mine Safety and Health Act
MSP Managed Service Provider
MSPA Migrant and Seasonal Agriculture Worker Protection Act
MSPB Merit Systems Protection Board
MSPR Medicare Secondary Payer Rules
MST Marketable Securities Tax
MTD Month to Date
MTHLY Monthly
NAAEC North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
NAALC North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation
NAB Nonaccrual Basis
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NAFTA-TAA NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance
NAICS North American Industry Classification System
NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
NASDR National Association of Securities Dealers Regulation
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NAV Net Asset Value
NAVPS Net Asset Value Per Share
NAWW National Average Weekly Wage
NCCI National Council on Compensation Insurance
NDNH National Directory of New Hires
NEO New and Emerging Occupations
NEX Nonexempt
NFA Net Financial Assets
NFE Net Financial Expense
NFI Net Financial Income
NFO Net Financial Obligations
NHCE Non-Highly Compensated Employee
NI Net Income
NIH National Institute of Health
NIOSH National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
NL No Load
NLRA National Labor Relations Act
NLRB National Labor Relations Board
NMB National Mediation Board
NMHPA Newborns’ and Mothers’ Health Protection Act
NMS Normal Market Size
NOA Net Operating Assets
NOI Net Operating Income
NOL Net Operating Loss
NOPAT Net Operating Profit After Taxes
NPV Net Present Value
NRA Nonresident Alien
NRET Nonresident Withholding Tax
NSC National Security Council
NSTA National Securities Trade Association
NSX National Stock Exchange
NT Near Term
NVI Negative Volume Index
NYSE New York Stock Exchange
O*Net Occupational Information Network
OA Operating Assets
OAS Option-Adjusted Spread
OASDHI Old Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance
OASDI Old Age and Survivors Disability Insurance
OASI Old Age Survivors Insurance
OBRA Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
OCF Operating Cash Flow
OD Organizational Development
ODDS Online Data Delivery System
OE Operating Expense
OEBS Office of Employee Benefits Security (replaced by PWBP)
OER Operation Expense Ratio
OES Occupational Employment Statistic
OFCCP Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
OHCA Organized Health Care Arrangement
OI Operating Income
OIS Occupations Information System
OJT On-the-Job Training
OL Operating Liabilities
OM Options Market
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OOB Out of Business
OOH Occupational Outlook Handbook
OPM Office of Personnel Management
OR Operating Revenue
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OT Overtime
OTC Over the Counter
OTI OSHA Training Institute
OTS Office of Thrift Supervision
OWBPA Older Workers Benefit Protection Act
P&L Profit and Loss
PAR Public Accounting Report
PBGC Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
PBO Projected Benefit Obligation
PBSI Performance-Based Salary Increase
PBT Profit Before Tax
PC 1) Personal Computer; 2) Politically Correct
PCAOB Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
PCE 1) Preexisting Condition Exclusion; 2) Private Commercial Enterprise
PCI Per Capita Income
PCN Parent-Country Nationals
PD Position Description
PDA 1) Pregnancy Discrimination Act; 2) Personal Data Assistant; 3) Public Displays of Affection; 4) Payday Advance Loan
PDF Portable Document Format
PDQ Position Description Questionnaire
PE Price to Earnings Ratio
PEG Price to Earnings Growth
PEO Professional Employer Organization
PEPPRA Public Employee Pension Plan Reporting and Accountability Act
PERT Project Evaluation and Review Techniques
PEST Political, Economic, Social, and Technological
PFK Pay for Knowledge
PHI Protected Health Information
PHR Professional in Human Resources Certification
PIK Payment in Kind
PIP Performance Improvement Plan
PL Public Law
PM 1) Profit Margin; 2) Performance Management
PMSA Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area
PMV Private Market Value
PNG Portable Network Graphics
POA Power of Attorney
POB Public Oversights Board
POD 1) Payable on Death; 2) Professional and Organizational Development
POP 1) Premium-Only Plan; 2) Public Offering Price
POS Point of Service Plan
PPA Pension Protection Act of 1987
PPACA Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
PPI Producer Price Index
PPO Preferred Provider Organization
PR Public Relations
PRC Peer Review Committee
PSI Performance Salary Increase
PT Part-Time
PTO Paid Time Off
PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
PV Present Value
PW Present Worth
PWBA
PWBP		 Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
Pension and Welfare Benefit Program
PWC Public Works Commission
PWD Prevailing Wage Determination
PY Program Year
QA Quality Assurance
QAIP Quality Assurance and Improvement Plan
QBU Qualified Business Unit
QC Quality Control
QCEW Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
QCR Quarterly Contributions Report
QDRO Qualified Domestic Relations Order
QMAC Qualified Matching Contributions
QMCSO Qualified Medical Child Support Order
QME Qualified Medical Examiner
QNEC Qualified Nonelective Contributions
QPAM Qualified Professional Asset Manager
QR 1) Quarterly Report; 2) Quality Review
QREC Quality Review Executive Committee
QTD 1) Qualified Total Distribution; 2) Quarter to Date
QWI Quarterly Workforce Indicators
R&C Reasonable and Customary
R&D Research and Development
RA Resident Alien
RAP Regulatory Accounting Principles
RCR Recruiting Cost Ratio
RE Residual Earnings
REA Retirement Equity Act
RFB Request for Bid
RFI Request for Information
RFID Radio Frequency Identification
RFP Request for Proposal
RFQ Request for Quote
RIC Regulated Investment Company
RICO Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
RIF Reduction in Force
RIPA Retirement Income Policy Act
RMP Risk Management Plan
RNFA Return on Net Financial Assets
ROA Return on Assets
ROC Return on Capital
ROI Return on Investment
ROIC Return on Invested Capital
ROM Range of Motion
RONA Return on Net Assets
ROOA Return on Operating Assets
ROR Return on Revenue
ROS Return on Sales
ROTA Return on Total Assets
ROTC Reserve Officer Training Corps
RPI Retail Price Index
RR Retention Rate
RRSP Registered Retirement Savings Plan
RSU Restricted Stock Unit
RTO Reverse Takeover
RTW 1) Return to Work; 2) Right to Work
RWA Risk-Weighted Asset
RYR Recruitment Yield Ratio
S&P Standard and Poor’s
SAAR Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate
SAR 1) Summary Annual Report; 2) Stock Appreciation Right
SARSEP Salary Reduction Simplified Employee Pension
SAS Statement of Accounting Standards
SAT Scholastic Aptitude Test
SB Senate Bill
SBA Small Business Administration
SBAP Small Business Assistance Program
SBBA Sales and Buy-Back Agreement
SBD Small Disadvantaged Business
SBJPA Small Business Job Protection Act
SBLC Standby Letter of Credit
SBO Small Business Ombudsman
SC Securities Commission
SCA McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act
SCM Supply Chain Management
SDI State Disability Insurance
SE 1) Salaried Exempt; 2) Self-Employed
SEA Securities Exchange Act
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
SEP Simplified Employee Pension
SEPPAA Single Employer Pension Plan Amendments Act
SERP Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
SESA State Employment Security Agency
SFAS Statements of Financial Accounting Standards
SHRM Society for Human Resource Management
SIA Securities Industry Act
SIB Securities and Investment Board
SIC Standard Industrial Classification
SIPA Securities Investment Protection Act
SITC Standard International Trade Classification
SLA Service Level Agreement
SLOB Separate Lines of Business
SMART Specific, Measureable, Attainable, Realistic, Timed
SMI Supplemental Medical Insurance
SMM Summary of Material Modifications
SMS Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
SMT Senior Management Team
SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
SNE Salaried Nonexempt
SOC Standard Occupational Classification
SOL Statute of Limitations
SOP Statement of Position
SOX Sarbanes-Oxley Act
SPD Summary Plan Description
SPHR Senior Professional in Human Resources Certification
SPX Standard and Poor’s Index
SRA Supplemental Retirement Annuity
SRO Self-Regulatory Organization
SROI Subsequent Report of Injury
SS Social Security
SSA Social Security Administration
SSB Securities Supervisory Board
SSD Social Security Disability
SSDI Social Security Disability Indemnity
SSI Supplemental Security Income
SSN Social Security Number
STD Short-Term Insurance
STEEPLED Social, Technological, Environmental, Economic, Political, Legal, Ethics, and Demographics
STF Summary Tape File
STIP Short-Term Industry Projections
STW School-to-Work
SUB Supplemental Unemployment Benefit
SUTA State Unemployment Tax Act
SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
T&D Training and Development
TAMRA Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988
TANF Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
TBD To Be Determined
TCN Third Country National
TDA Tax-Deferred Annuity
TDB Temporary Disability Benefits
TEA Transportation Efficiency Act
TEFRA Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act
TER Total Expense Ratio
TESSA Tax-Exempt Special Savings Account
TEUC Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation
TEV Total Enterprise Value
TIL Truth in Lending
TIP Transportation Improvement Program
TL Time and Labor
TN Temporary Visitor Visa
TOC Theory of Constraints
TOM Traded Options Market
TPA Third-Party Administrator
TPD Temporary Partial Disability
TPL Third-Party Liability
TQM Total Quality Management
TRA Tax Reform Act
TRASOP Tax Reduction Act ESOP
TSA Tax-Sheltered Annuity
TSB Targeted Small Business
TSP Thrift Savings Plan
TTD Temporary Total Disability
TUR Total Unemployment Rates
TVI Trade Value Index
TWA Time-Weighted Average
UAW United Auto Workers
UBTI Unrelated Business Taxable Income
U&C Usual and Customary
UCA Unemployment Compensation Amendments Act
UCC Uniform Commercial Code
UCI Unemployment Compensation Insurance
UCR Usual, Customary, and Reasonable
UFW United Farm Workers
UGESP Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
UGMA Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
UI Unemployment Insurance
UIC Unemployment Insurance Commission
ULP Unfair Labor Practice
UN United Nations
UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
UR 1) Utilization Review; 2) Unemployment Rate
URL Uniform Resource Locator (Web Site Address)
URO Utilization Review Organization
USCIS United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
US DOL United States Department of Labor
US DOJ United States Department of Justice
USC United States Code
USERRA Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
USITC United States International Trade Commission
USM Unlisted Securities Market
USTC United States Tax Court
UTMA Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
VA Veterans Administration/Affairs
VBIA Veterans Benefits Improvement Act
VEBA Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Association
VETS Veterans Employment and Training Service
VETS-4212 VETS-4212 Report (replaced VETS-100)
VEVRA Vietnam-Era Veterans Readjustment Act
VOC-ED Vocational Education
VOC-REHAB Vocational Rehabilitation
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPT Volume Price Trend
VWAP Value-Weighted Average Price
VWPT Value-Weighted Price Trading
VWPX Volume-Weighted Price Uncrossing
WACC Weighted Average Cost of Capital
WAI Wealth-Added Index
WARN Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
WC Workers’ Compensation
WCB Workers’ Compensation Board
WDC Workforce Development Center
WHCRA Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act
WIA Workforce Investment Act
WIP Work in Progress
WKLY Weekly
WOTC Workforce Opportunity Tax Credit
WPE Workforce Planning and Employment
WPI Wholesale Price Index
WPOA Wagner-Peyser Act
WPPDA Welfare and Pension Plan Disclosure Act (repealed by ERISA)
WRA Weighted Risk Assets
WRAEA Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act
WTO World Trade Organization
WTW Welfare to Work
XML Extended Markup Language
XRA Expected Retirement Age
YTD Year to Date
YTM Yield to Maturity
ZBB Zero-Based Budgeting

⚡ Recently practiced quizzes in this class
DSST Human Resource Management Exam Practice Test 2 DSST Human Resource Management Exam Practice Test 1 SHRM-CP Exam Practice Test 1 SHRM Exam: Laws SHRM Exam: Situational Judgment Scenario-Based Questions - Scenario 4 SHRM Exam: Situational Judgment Scenario-Based Questions - Scenario 5

 
❤ If you liked Fatskills, consider supporting us by checking out The Life Manuals You Never Got.

🌈  Our mission is to help improve your scores in any subject and exam withonline quizzes, practice tests, study guides, & advice for students. Since 2018.
About | Explore | User Guide | Topics | Subjects | Doubt Solver | Career Aptitude Test | Answers | Free Tools | What Should We Know?
Privacy | Terms |
Without work one finishes nothing. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
© 2026 Fatskills.com

All trademarks, logos and brand names are the property of their respective owners. All company, product and service names used in this website are for identification purposes only. Use of these names, trademarks and brands does not imply endorsement.