personnel department

American  

noun

1. the department in an organization dealing with matters involving employees, as hiring, training, labor relations, and benefits.

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Etymology

Origin of personnel department

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

The department didn’t launch its internal investigation until weeks after the exams had been administered, and did so only after receiving “actionable information” from the Personnel Department, which administers the test, according to Rimkunas.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

A spokesperson for the Personnel Department said that he would have to confer with the department’s general manager before discussing the case.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2024

If issues in the Personnel Department are preventing that from happening, “we should certainly see what that problem is,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2022

Per the city’s new policy, all department heads will be required to verify and keep track of their employees’ vaccination status and submit reports to the Personnel Department detailing that information.

From Fox News • Jul. 27, 2021

Christine’s application was received enthusiastically; a follow-up phone call from Langley’s Personnel Department turned into a day of interviews and then a job offer as a data analyst in the Reentry Physics branch.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly