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offboarding

/ˈɒfˌbɔːdɪŋ/

B2CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

The formal process of managing an employee's departure from an organisation.

Proper offboarding ensured the departing manager returned all confidential files and revoked her system access.

Similar: exit process

Topic: Employment law in Legal English

Business noun

The structured process of managing an employee's departure and handover.

Sloppy offboarding meant her system access stayed live for a month after she left.

Topic: People & management in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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