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date of hire

The date of hire is the calendar date on which a person began employment with a particular employer.

In plain English

This is the specific day a person's job with one employer started. It identifies the calendar date that marks the beginning of that employment relationship.

In context

Here, it labels the field asking for the calendar date when the employee began employment with that employer.

Situation
Enrolling in policies and reading coverage, member, beneficiary, and effective-date labels
What it communicates
labels the employee start-date field in the enrollment form

Meaning limits

By itself, this term does not indicate whether the person is still employed.

Examples

“Although he retired years ago, his date of hire with the city was 3 May 1989.”

Core meaning

“After checking the contract, the clerk entered Ana's date of hire in the employee record.”

In context