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This glossary of business definitions contains over 2,000 business terms used in compensation and benefits administration. Continually updated, this specialized business dictionary focuses on definitions of Human Resources terms and business terms.

Cafeteria Plan

Call Back Pay

Call In Pay

Call Option

Canada Pension Plan (CPP)

Canadian Council Of Insurance Regulators (CCIR)

Canadian Life And Health Insurance Association (CLHIA)

Canadian Life And Health Insurance Compensation Corporation (CompCorp)

Canadian Method

Cancelable Policy

Cap

Capacity

Capital Employed

Capital Expenditures

Capital Gains Taxation

Capitation Basis

Captive Agents

Captive Insurance Company

Career Agent

Career Average

Career Average (Career Earnings) Benefit Formula

Career Average Pension

Career Ladder

Carpooling

Carry Over Provision

Case Management

Cash Balance Pension Plan

Cash Basis Compensation

Cash Flow

Cash Flow Statement

Cash Option Exercise

Cash Or Deferred Arrangements

Cash Payment Option

Cash Premium Accounting System

Cash Refund Option

Cash Surrender Value

Cash Surrender Value Option

Cash Value

Cashless Option Exercise

Catastrophic Claim Management

Causal Relation Requirements

Ceding Company

Central Index Key (CIK)

Central Tendency

Central Tendency Error

Centralization

Certain Payment

Certificate Of Assumption

Certificate Of Authority

Certificate Of Indebtedness

Certificate Of Insurance

Cession

Champus

Chance Of Loss

Change In Control Provision

Change Of Occupation Provision

Changes In Methods Of Accounting

Chauffeur Services

Child Support

Church Plans

Civil Rights Act

Claim

Claim Administration Department

Claim Examiner

Claim Frequency Rate

Claim Investigation

Claim Reserve

Claimant

Claims Base

Claims Procedures

Class Beneficiary Designation

Classification Control

Classification Method Of Job Evaluation

Clean-Up Fund

Cliff Vesting

Closed Contract

Closing

Clubs

CMSA

Coefficient of Determination

Coinsurance

COLA

Collateral Assignment

Collective Bargaining

Collective Bargaining Agreements

Collectively Bargained Plans

Combination Clause

Combination Company

Combination Dental Plan

Combination Pay Plan

Combination Plan

Commission

Commissioners Method

Common Accident Provision

Common Disaster Clause

Common Law Employees

Common Review Date

Common Shares

Common Stock

Community Rated

Community Rating

Commuted Value

Commuting

Company Cars

Company Retention Method

Comparable Worth

Compa-Ratio

Compensable Factor Degree

Compensable Factor Weight

Compensable Factors

Compensation

Compensation Committee

Compensation Committee Report

Compensation Costs

Compensation Limits For Officers Of Corporations

Compensation Reimbursement Agreement

Compensation Strategy / Philosophy / Policy

Compensatory And Punitive Damages

Competency

Competitive Compa-Ratio

Competitive Pay Data

Competitive Pay Policy

Completion Bonus

Compound Interest

Compound Salary Growth Rate (CSGR)

Comprehensive Health Plan

Comprehensive Major Medical Insurance

Compressed Work-Weeks

Compression

Compulsory Retirement Age / Date

Computer-Aided Job Evaluation

Computers Employer Provided

Conditionally Renewable Policy

Confidence Interval

Confirmation Certificate

Conservation

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act Of 1985 (COBRA)

Consolidated Subsidiary Accounting

Constant Population With Constant Midpoints Model

Construct Validity

Constructive

Constructive Delivery

Constructive Distributions

Consultants

Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Consumer Report

Consumer Reporting Agency

Content Validity

Contestable Period

Contingencies

Contingency Reserve

Contingent Annuity Option

Contingent Beneficiary

Contingent Compensation

Contingent Payee

Contingent Payment

Continuance Tables

Continuation Coverage

Continuing Education (CE)

Continuing Legal Education (CLE)

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Continuing Professional Education (CPE)

Continuous-Premium Whole Life Insurance

Contract Of Indemnity

Contracts

Contributed Surplus

Contribution Limit

Contribution To Surplus

Contributory Benefit Plan

Contributory Organization Insurance

Contributory Plan

Control Point

Controlled Foreign Corporation

Controlled Groups

Convention Blank

Conversion Fund

Conversion Privilege

Convertible Debenture

Convertible Preferred Stock

Convertible Securities (Such As Debentures Or Preferred Stock)

Convertible Term Insurance

Coordination Of Benefits (COB) Clause

Core Benefits

Corporate Culture

Corporate-Owned Life Insurance (COLI)

Correlation

Corridor

Corridor Deductible

Cost Comparison Methods

Cost Containment

Cost Method

Cost Of Capital

Cost Of Goods Sold

Cost Of Increase In Current Year

Cost Of Increase In Future Year

Cost Of Labor

Cost Of Living

Cost Of Sales

Cost Shifting

Cost-Of-Living Adjustment (COLA)

Cost-Of-Living Index

Cost-of-Living Levels

Coupon Advertisement

Coverage Rules

Covered Compensation

Covered Wages

Credibility Percentage

Credit Life Insurance

Credit Unions

Credited Service (ERISA Standard)

Credits

Credits And The Numerical Rating System

Critical Incident

Cross-Selling

Culture

Cumulative

Cumulative Withholding

Currency Exchange Rates

Current Assets

Current Assumption Whole Life Insurance

Current Liabilities

Current Ratio

Current Review

Current Settlement Option Rates

Curriculum Vitae

Curtailment

Custodial Care

Customarily and Regularly

Customer Service Department

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