| 劳动合同 | láo dòng hé tong | labor contract / contract between employer and employees governing wages and conditions |  |
| 裁员 | cái yuán | to cut staff / to lay off employees |  |
| 招工 | zhāo gōng | to recruit employees | |
| 潜规则 | qián guī zé | unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors) | |
| 官倒 | guān dǎo | speculation by officials / profiteering by government employees / bureaucratic turpitude | |
| 尾牙 | wěi yá | a year-end dinner for employees | |
| 雇员报酬 | gù yuán bào chóu | compensation of employees | |
| 公职人员权利宣誓书 | gōng zhí rén yuán quán lì xuān shì shū | Affidavit on the Rights of Public Employees | |
| 公务员工会国际 | | Trade Union International of Public and Allied Employees | |
| 孟加拉服装工人和雇员联合会 | | Bangladesh Garment Workers and Employees Federation | |
| 吃空额 | chī kòng è | to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only | |
| 吃空饷 | chī kòng xiǎng | to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only | |
| 吃空额 | chī kòng é | to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only | |
| 弃子 | qì zǐ | sacrificed piece (in chess or Go) / abandoned child / (fig.) sth that has been abandoned or sacrificed (an ally, a product, employees etc) / (in expressions such as 拋家棄子|抛家弃子[pao1jia1-qi4zi3]) to abandon one's child(ren) | |
| 裁人 | cái rén | to cut staff / to lay off employees | |
