I've seen "start work date" used by such organizations as a way to refer to the date that someone actually shows up at the job and begins working; it comes up in their work to be distinguished from the day the person was offered the job, the day the person accepted the job, and the day the person left the job, etc., all of which are important ... More @Wikipedia
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