Glossary in Rewards

A list of specific terms and their definitions used in the Rewards module.

• Discretionary badges: They are custom badges awarded to employees at the discretion of management.
• Activity badges: The predefined badges associated with specific events.
• Gamification rules: A predefined set of rules consisting of system points.
• System points: The predefined points associated with specific events or tasks.
• Leaderboard: Ranks the employees based on the points they receive.
• Member average: The average number of points employees receive, which is calculated by the formula: Member average is the number of points received divided by the total number of team members.

• Manager’s team:

  • My team: The employees directly report to the manager (manager’s direct reports).
  • Secondary team: It consists of employees for whom HR assigns a secondary manager, besides their reporting manager, in their profiles.
  • Entire team: It includes both the employees who directly report to the manager and those who report to the manager's direct reports (manager's direct reports and those who are reporting to the direct reports).
• Rewarder-employee: An employee who awards points to others.
• Recipient-employee: An employee who receives points from others.