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HR employee resources - HR Acronyms

This resource provides employees with a listing of commonly used acronyms for HR and around campus.

 Functional Owner

Chief Human Resources Officer

 Executive Sponsors

Vice Chancellor for Administration & Finance

 Policy Contact

Human Resources Associate Director

Acronym Description
A
AA Affirmative Action or Adverse Action
AAP Affirmative Action Plan
AASCU American Association of State Colleges and Universities
AAUP American Association of University Professors
ACA Affordable Care Act
Account Code 11 digit number that identifies UW-La Crosse financial accounts
ACE American Council on Education
ACSS Academic and Student Services
ACT-CAPP American College Testing-Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency
AD&D  Accidental Death & Dismemberment
ADA Academic Department Associate (Office Assistant)
ADA (HR) Americans with Disabilities Act
ADAAA Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act
ADEA Age Discrimination in Employment Act
ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution
AIDAC Academic Initiatives Differential Allocation Committee
Allocable Student Fees Monies designated for student activities
AODA Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse for students
AOP Advanced Opportunity Program 
AR Advertisement Report in WINGS
ATS Applicant Tracking System
B
BFOQ Bona Fide Occupational Qualification
BIW Bi-Weekly
BLR Business and Legal Resources
BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics 
BU Bargaining Unit
Budget (Spending Authority) The allowable amount of money that can be spent in a department budget
Budget Transfers The mechanism used to modify funds in the university
BYOD Bureau of Worker's Compensation
C
C&B Compensation & Benefits 
CACUBO Central Association of College and University Business Officers
Canvas Digital learning environment
CARE Campus Assessment Response and Evaluation 
Carry-over Money left over in accounts after the end of each fiscal year
CASSH College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (formerly College of Liberal Studies)
CATL Center for Advanced Teaching and Learning 
CBA College of Business Administration
CBO Chief Business Officer
CCP Certified Compensation Professional 
CCSSE Community College Survey of State Engagement
CD PPO HDHP Consumer Driver Preferred Provider Organization High Deductible Health Plan
CDR Central Data Requests
CEBS Certified Employee Benefits Specialist
CEUS CDR Edit and Update Systems (See CDR)
CHRO Chief Human Resources Officer
Class Codes Accountancy codes assigned to UW System
CO Compliance Officer
COBRA Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
COLA Cost of Living Adjustment 
Compensation  Salaries and fringe benefits paid to employees
CPE Continuing Professional Education
CPI Consumer Price Index 
CSH (SAH, CSaH) College of Science and Health 
CTO Compensatory Time Off
CUPA College and University Professionals Association for Human Resources
CWS College Work Study 
D
Debt Service Principal and interest payments on capital 
DES Department of Education Studies 
DIN Decision Item Narratives used to describe budget requests 
DOA Department of Administration
DoIT Division of Information and Technology (Madison, campus)
DOL Department of Labor
DPI WI Department of Public Instruction
DPI Department of Public Instruction
DSF Division of State Facilities
E
EAP Employee Assistance Program
EBS Employee Benefits Security 
EDP Employee Development Plan
EE Employee
EEO Equal Employment Opportunity
EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EL Extended Learning, formerly Continuing Education and Extension
Encumbrance Expenses not yet realized pending the rendering of service or delivery of goods
EO Executive Officer
EOB Explanation of Benefits
EPA Equal Pay Pact
EPPA Employee Polygraph Protection Act
Equity Adjustments to provide parity within the organization 
ERISA Employee Retirement Income Security Act
ETF Employee Trust Funds
Expense Recorded costs associated with expenditures
F
FCRA Fair Credit Reporting Act
FERPA Family Education Right to Privacy Act
FIPSE Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act
FMLA Family and Medical Leave Act
FR Federal Register
FSA Flexible Spending Account 
FT  Full-Time
FTE Full-Time Equivalent 
FTE Full-Time Equivalent 
FY Fiscal Year
G
GA Graduate Assistant
GAPP General Administrative Policy Paper
GCC Graduate Curriculum Committee
GINA Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
GPHR Global Professional in Human Resources 
GPO General Program Operations 
GPR General Purpose Revenue 
GPR/Fees Pool of state revenues and academic tuition 
H
HCE Highly Compensated Employee
HCM Human Capitol Management
HCO Health Care Organization 
HCS Hazard Communication Standard
HDHP High Deductible Health Plan
HEAB Higher Education Aids Board 
HHS Department of Health & Human Services
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIRE Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act
HLC Higher Learning Commission 
HMO Health Maintenance Organization
HR Human Resources
HR Human Resources 
HRA Health Reimbursement Account
HRD Human Resource Development
HRIS Human Resources Information System
HRLY Hourly
HROD Human Resources Organizational Development 
HRS Human Resources System, (HRS MyUW)
HSA  Health Savings Account
I
I-9 I-9 Employment Eligibility Documentation
IAS Instructional Academic Staff
IAS Instructional Academic Staff
IDAC Individuals with Disabilities Advocacy Council
IE Inclusive Excellence
IIURL Institute for Innovation in Undergraduate Research and Learning 
IRA Individual Retirement Account
IRCA Immigration Reform and Control Act
IRE Institute on Race and Ethnicity 
IRS Internal Revenue Service
IT (ITS) Information Technology Services
J
JACAP Joint Administrative Committee on Academic Programs
JCOER Joint Committee on Employment Relations 
JD Job Description
JFC Joint Committee on Finance
JMAC Joint Minority Affairs Committee
JP&B (JPB) Joint Planning and Budget Committee
JPB Joint Planning and Budget Committee
JPC Joint Promotion Committee
K
KPI Key Performance Indicators
KPM Key Performance Measures 
KSA's Knowledge, Skills, Abilities 
L
LAB Legislative Audit Bureau
LFB Legislative Fiscal Bureau
LMRA Labor-Management Relations Act
LMRDA Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
LMS Learning Management System
LOA Leave of Absence
LOS Length of Service 
LR Labor Relations
LTC Long-Term Care
LTD Long-Term Disability
LTE Limited Term Employee
LTIP Long-Term Incentive Plan
LWOP Leave Without Pay
LWP Leave With Pay
M
M&D  Multicultural & Disadvantaged
MAAD Multiple Applications and Admissions Database
MBO Management by Objectives
MBTI Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Merit-Market Salary increases based on market data
MHEC Midwestern Higher Education Compact
MHPA Mental Health Parity Act
MQs Minimum Qualifications 
MSEP Midwest Student Exchange Program
MUFASO Multicultural Faculty and Staff Organization
N
NACUBO National Association of College & University Business Officers
NCHEMS National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
NE   Non-Exempt
NetID User name attributed to each employee by ITS
NIAS Non-Instructional Academic Staff
NIAS Non-Instructional Academic Staff
NIOSH National Institute of Occupational Safety 
NLRA National Labor Relations Act
NLRB National Labor Relations Board
Non-Allocable Student Fees Monies that include charges determined by contracts, commitments, bonds, etc.
NSSE National Survey on Student Engagement
O
OADD Office of Academic Development and Diversity
OB Organizational Behavior
OCR U.S. Office of Civil Rights
OD Organizational Development
OFCCP Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
OGC Office of General Counsel 
OJT On-the-job Training
ONET Occupational Information Network
OSER Office of State Employment Relations
OSHA Occupational Safety & Health Administration
OT Overtime
P
Pay Plan Increases in salaries provided to state employees
PD Position Description
PD Position Description
PDA Pregnancy Discrimination Act
PDQ Position Description Questionnaire
PHR Professional in Human Resources
PIP Performance Improvement Plan
PM Performance Management 
PMIS Planning Management Information Systems, now IAIS
POS Point of Service Plan
PPA Pension Protection Act of 1987
PPACA Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
PPE Personal Protective Equipment 
PPO Preferred Provider Organization
PR Program Revenue 
PR-F Program Revenue - Federal funds
PT Part-time
PTO Paid Time Off
PTS Promotion, Tenure, and Salary Committee
Purchase Order Departments obtain good and services through a PO
Q
QR Quarterly Review
QWI Quarterly Workforce Indicators
R
Red Book Refers to Budgeted positions within the University 
RIF Reduction in Force
RTW Return to Work
S
S&E Supplies and Expense
SE Salaried Exempt
SEC [Faculty] Senate Executive Committee
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
SEG Segregated Revenue 
SEG Fees Segregated fees
SEI Student Evaluation of Instruction
SHRM Society for Human Resource Management
SHRM-CP Society for Human Resource Management - Certified Professional
SHRM-SCP Society for Human Resource Management - Senior Certified Professional
SMART Smart, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely 
SME Subject Matter Expert
SNE Salaried Non-Exempt
SOE School of Education
Solid Performance Adjustments to those employees who demonstrate exceptional performance
SOX Sarbanes-Oxley Act
SPHR Senior Professional In Human Resources
SSA Social Security Administration
SSD Social Security Disability
STD Short-Term Disability
STEP Secondary Teacher Education Preparation Program
Student Share of Costs A portion of student costs paid by the student through tuition 
SUTA State Unemployment Tax Act
T
T&D Training & Development
TAI Teaching Assignment Information
TIP Talent Incentive Program
TNA Training Needs Assessment
TPA Third-Party Administrator
TSP Thrift Savings Plan
U
UCC Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
UCI Unemployment Compensation Insurance 
USCIS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
User Charges Revenue generated by charging an additional fee
USERRA Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
UWS University of Wisconsin System
UWSAHR University of Wisconsin System Administration Human Resources
UWSS University of Wisconsin Shared Services
V
VETS Veterans Employment and Training Service
VEVRA Vietnam-Era Veterans Readjustment Act
VSA Voluntary System of Accountability
W
WARN Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
WC Worker's Compensation
Weighted Average Average used to take in different charges/costs
WHEG Wisconsin Higher Education Grant 
WIA Workforce Investment Act
WINGS Student Information System on UW-La Crosse's Campus
WISDM UW-La Crosse budgeting and financial reporting system
Work Orders Requests for department repair or orders
WRAEA Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act
WTC Western Technical College
WTCS Wisconsin Technical College System
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Z
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Format updated June 2025



Keywords:
HR acronyms 
Doc ID:
105773
Owned by:
Julia G. in UW-La Crosse
Created:
2020-09-11
Updated:
2025-06-30
Sites:
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