In plain English
It means an email address someone uses for private messages in personal life. It is separate from an address used as part of a job or on behalf of an organization.
In context
Here, it requests the employee's email address used for private communication rather than a work or organization address.
- Situation
- Completing employee onboarding, payroll setup, policies, and mandatory forms
- What it communicates
- requests a non-work email address for employee contact.
Meaning limits
The term alone does not establish whether the person has one or several such addresses.
Examples
“She shared her personal email with the babysitter instead of her company address.”
“Each employee is asked to list a personal email on the contact form.”