| Federation: A group of autonomous national and international unions. |
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| Feedback: The amount of information received about how well or how poorly one has performed. |
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| Flexible benefits plan: One that allows employees to select the benefits they prefer from groups of benefits established by the employer. |
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| Flexible spending account: Account that allows employees to contribute pretax dollars to buy additional benefits. |
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| Flexible staffing: Use of recruiting sources and workers who are not employees. |
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| Flextime: A scheduling arrangement in which employees work a set number of hours per day but vary starting and ending times. |
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| Forced distribution: Performance appraisal method in which ratings of employees’ performance are distributed along a bell-shaped curve. |
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| Forecasting: Identifying expected future conditions based on information form the past and present. |
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