In plain English
It refers to the home location used to identify where someone lives. It is about a person's home, not just any address connected with them.
In context
Here, it requests the address of the employee's home.
- Situation
- Completing employee onboarding, payroll setup, policies, and mandatory forms
- What it communicates
- requests the address where the employee lives.
Meaning limits
The term itself does not indicate whether that same address is also used for any other purpose.
Examples
“His office address stayed the same, but his residential address changed when he moved to the cottage by the river.”
“The supervisor asked the new employee for her residential address before the meeting began.”