| Acronym | Term |
| AA | Affirmative Action |
| AAO | Affirmative Action Officer |
| ACA | Affordable Care Act |
| ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act |
| AD&D | Accidental Death & Dismemberment |
ADAAA
| Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act
|
ADEA
| Age Discrimination in Employment Act
|
| ALM | (Chancellor's Administrative Leadership Meetings) |
AVC
| Associate Vice Chancellor
|
AY
| Academic Year
|
BOG
| Board of Governors
|
BOT
| Board of Trustees
|
CALS
| College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
|
CCP
| Certified Compensation Professional
|
CDC
| Check Distribution Code
|
CEBS
| Certified Employee Benefits Specialist
|
| CFEP | Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program (or Cluster Hires) |
CHASS
| College of Humanities and Social Sciences
|
CIP
| Classification of Instructional Programs
|
COBRA
| Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
|
| COI | Conflict of Interest |
COS
| College of Sciences
|
| CP | Certified Professional |
CTO
| Compensatory Time Off
|
CUPA-HR
| College and University Professional Association for Human Resources
|
CV
| Curriculm Vitae
|
CVM
| College of Veterinary Medicine
|
| DASA | Division of Academic and Student Affairs |
| DVF | Departmental Voting Faculty |
EAP
| Employee Assistance Program
|
EEOC
| Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
|
EHRA
| Exempt from the Human Resources Act
|
EOE
| Equal Opportunity Employer
|
| EPAP | External Professional Activities for Pay |
ER
| Employee Relations
|
ERISA
| Employee Retirement Income Security Act
|
FASAP
| Faculty and Staff Assistance Program
|
FCRA
| Fair Credit Reporting Act
|
FERPA
| Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
|
FICA
| Federal Insurance Contributions Act
|
FIL
| Family Illness Leave
|
FLSA
| Fair Labor Standards Act
|
FMLA
| Family Medical Leave Act
|
FSA
| Flexible Spending Account
|
FTE
| Full time Equivalent
|
FY
| Fiscal Year
|
GA
| (UNC) General Administration
|
GINA
| Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
|
| GRA | Graduate Research Assistant |
| GSSP | Graduate Student Support Plan |
| GTA | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
|
HMO
| Health Maintenance Organization
|
HRA
| Health Reimbursement Account
|
HRCI
| Human Resources Certification Institute
|
HRIM
| Human Resrouces Information Management
|
HRIS
| Human Resources Information System
|
HAS
| Health Savings Account
|
IRCA
| Immigration Reform and Control Act
|
JAR
| Job Action Request
|
JCAT
| Job Categories
|
KSA
| Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
|
LEORS
| Law Enforcement Officers
|
LOA
| Leave of Absence
|
L&OD
| Learning & Organizational Development
|
LWOP
| Leave of Absence Without Pay
|
NEO
| New Employee Orientation
|
| NOI | Notice of Intent |
NSC
| Non Salary Compensation
|
OEO
| Office of Equal Opportunity |
OFA
| Office of Finance & Administration
|
OFCCP
| Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
|
| OIT | Office of Information Technology |
ORP
| Optional Retirement Program
|
OSHA
| Occupational Safety & Health Administration
|
OSHR
| Office of State Human Resources
|
OT
| Overtime
|
OUC
| Organization Unit Code
|
| PA7 | PeopleAdmin |
PCARD
| Purchase Card
|
PCOM
| Poole College of Management
|
| PEP | PEP - Provost Professional Experience Program |
| PF | Professional Faculty |
PHR
| Professional in Human Resources
|
| PI | Principal Investigator |
| POSTDOC | Postdoctoral Scholar |
PRR
| Policies, Regulations, and Rules
|
| PTR | Post-Tenure Review |
| RADAR | Research Administration Data and Reporting (now RED) |
| RED | Research Enterprise Data system |
RIF
| Reduction in Force
|
| RPT | Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure |
SAAO
| Senior Academic and Administrative Officers
|
SACS
| Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
|
| SCP | Senior Certified Professional |
| SFR | Statement of Faculty Responsibility (formerly Statement of Mutual Expectations or SME) |
SHRA
| Subject to the Human Resources Act
|
SHRM
| Society for Human Resources Management
|
| SIS | Student Information System |
SPARCS
| Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance Services
|
SPHR
| Senior Professional in Human Resources
|
| STW | Student Worker |
SSN
| Social Security Number
|
| TA/RA | Graduate Teaching Assistant or Research Assistant |
| T/TT | Tenured / Tenure-Track |
TSERS
| Teacher's and State Employees' Retirement System
|
| UComm | University Communications |
UIC
| Unemployment Insurance Commission
|
| UNC SO | University of NC System Office |
USERRA
| Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
|
UTS
| University Temporary Services
|
| VC | Vice Chancellor |
VETS
| Veterans Employment and Training Service
|
W-2
| Income tax form issued by employers and showing how much an employee was paid in that year
|
W-4
| Federal income tax withholding form
|
YTD
| Year to Date
|
| 3D | Deans, Directors, and Department Heads |