The integration among people, companies, and governments across geographical boundaries.

To unite with something else; to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole.

The mutual responsibility and dependency on others.

When companies reduce costs by transferring portions of work to outside suppliers rather than completing it internally.

AD&D stands for

An employer-funded retirement plan with payouts to the retiree based on a formula that includes length of service and salary history, such as a pension.

A retirement plan in which a certain amount or percentage of money is set aside each year by the employee or the company, or both; payouts are dependent on the amount of contributions made

Insurance that pays a monthly benefit to workers who, because of injury or illness unrelated to work, cannot do their normal job or any other job.

A health care arrangement under which a health care provider charges, and the insurance company pays for, each service separately.

A work schedule that shifts working hours either earlier or later than usual, in order to accommodate an employee’s needs outside work (such as child care) or to avoid traveling at peak commute times.

Insurance plans that include coverage for medical care, dental care, and vision care.

A health insurance plan that requires its members to receive services only from its network of providers. Benefits are typically provided at 100%, less a small ($10–$20) copayment.

Pay an employee receives when absent from work during a company-sanctioned day off from work.

Pay an employee receives (usually full regular salary) when absent from work because of a summons to appear for jury duty.

Wages paid to an employee who is absent from work for illness.

Company payments for tuition and/or fees for an employee to take coursework related to the job

A right granted to employees to purchase company stock at a set price, within a certain time period

A plan that sets aside funds in an investment account for the employee’s retirement years.

Benefits paid for by employee deductions but not counted in the total income taxed, such as 401(k) contributions and health care premiums.