Glossary
Employee Attendance Policy Glossary: 22 Key Terms Defined
Definitions for 22 essential employee attendance policy terms across five categories: policy foundations, absence types, timekeeping, payroll, and enforcement.
This glossary defines 22 essential terms used across the employee attendance policy lifecycle, organized into five sections: Policy Foundations, Absence and Tardiness Classification, Timekeeping and Scheduling Controls, Payroll Integration, and Enforcement and Discipline. Each entry specifies the stage in which the term applies and how it connects to adjacent concepts. Compiled by EasyClocking by WorkEasy Software to serve HR and operations leaders building standardized, payroll-aligned attendance frameworks.
Policy Foundations
Defines the structural and legal building blocks that every attendance policy document must establish before any absence or timekeeping rule can be enforced.