Course description
The human resources (HR) function is at the centre of most employers’ efforts to identify, hire and retain the people the organization needs to execute its strategy and achieve its goals. But the HR function is a key player within the organization’s compliance structure as well.
HR Compliance is the process of ensuring that a workplace environment is following the correct procedures surrounding law and regulation. The term compliance describes the ability to act according to an order, set of rules or request.
This HR compliance: purpose and risk course is aimed at managers who need a better understanding of practical HR compliance and HRs distinct position as a trusted adviser
The course covers the importance of a fair process, pragmatic HR advice and how following good practice reduces legal risk.
Upcoming start dates
Upcoming start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
This HR compliance: purpose and risk course is primarily aimed at individuals who are transferring into HR or those with some HR generalist experience who are developing specialist knowledge in employment law.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
By the end of Human Resources Compliance: purpose and risk course, you will be able to:
- Identify the employer's duty of care and employee rights
- Identify HR professionalism and conduct
- Identify the risks that an organisation faces and provide the next steps to move forward.
- Design and implement controls to protect an organisation from the threats.
- Monitoring and reporting the effectiveness of techniques for preventing risks.
- To resolve compliance difficulties that may occur.
- To advise the business on rules and controls.
Training Course Content
Day 1
HR and the law
- the employers duty of care and employee rights
- contracts, terms and conditions
- health and wellbeing
- policies and procedures
- powers of the employment tribunal
- powers of regulators
- vicarious liability and reputational risk
The HR role - compliant enabler
- business relevant HR
- organisation values, culture and ‘the moral conscience’
- support for senior management
- support for line managers: different models
- influence and giving internal advice
Day 2
HR professionalism and conduct
- model behaviour and styles
- impartiality and objectivity
- consistency and discretion
- emotion and pastoral care
- confidentiality
Inclusive workplaces
- inclusion and recruitment
- gender, race, disability, age, religion and sexual orientation
- flexibility: health, family and care
- promoting and retaining diverse talent
- awareness of bias
- bullying and harassment
Day 3
Collecting, using and retaining data
- what is employee data?
- storage and access
- how you can, and cannot, use personal data
- employee rights to privacy, access to data and consent
Day 4
Performance, development, commitment and reward
- how HR can drive performance
- the pitfalls of a performance management process that is not adhered to
- recognising good performance
- development needs: conversations and actions
- underperformance or misconduct?
Complaints, grievances and investigation
- HR impartiality
- evidence and reasonableness
- when informality becomes formal
- encouragement, correction or termination
- appeals
Day 5
Business change, HR and pragmatism
- staff communication
- identifying the HR issues in a reorganisation or acquisition
- consultation; purpose and requirements
- distinguishing between individual and collective consultation and approach to both
Difficult issues
- firm management or bullying?
- misconduct or capability?
- overlapping processes
- multiple grievances
- reasonable adjustments: duty and options
- difficult conversations: approach and preparation
- long-term absence and mental ill-health
- subject access requests
Making a difference (group discussion)
- what the best HR people do: from a compliance perspective
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