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Operational Auditing and Human Resource Functions
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Intermediate Provider : Pattie Williams 5 Lessons · 11m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese
Course Description
In this course on Operational Auditing and Human Resource Functions, you will explore HR compliance audits and their importance in managing risks and ensuring legal adherence. You will also learn about talent management audits and how to assess talent management strategies and practices for talent acquisition, development, and retention. You’ll also explore commonly overlooked areas in workforce planning.
HR compliance audits are a meticulous check-up for the HR department, ensuring that your company adheres to legal requirements and manages risks. With labor laws constantly evolving, staying updated with compliance regulations is vital to avoid costly penalties and lawsuits. HR compliance audits ensure that your organization follows all the guidelines and stays on the correct path. And talent management audits are a check-up for how you attract, select, and onboard new hires, as well as how you develop and retain existing staff. If your personnel management plans are routinely reviewed and updated, your company will be better prepared to prosper in a constantly changing business environment. It’s important to consider often overlooked areas in workforce planning, including shrinkage, forecast accuracy, back-office activities, diversity and inclusion audits, work-life balance and well-being, and employee training and development.
What You'll Learn
- Explain the process of completing HR compliance audits
- Recognize how HR compliance audits help manage risks and ensure legal adherence
- Assess talent management strategies and practices for talent acquisition, development, and retention
- Identify commonly overlooked areas in workforce planning, including shrinkage, forecast accuracy, and diversity and inclusion audits
- Evaluate how attracting, selecting, and onboarding new hires connects to developing and retaining existing staff
Key Takeaways
- HR compliance audits act as a check-up for the HR department, ensuring the company adheres to legal requirements and manages risks.
- With labor laws constantly evolving, staying updated with compliance regulations helps avoid costly penalties and lawsuits.
- Talent management audits review how an organization attracts, selects, and onboards new hires as well as how it develops and retains existing staff.
- Routinely reviewing and updating personnel management plans helps a company prosper in a constantly changing business environment.
- Often overlooked workforce planning areas include shrinkage, forecast accuracy, back-office activities, diversity and inclusion audits, work-life balance and well-being, and employee training and development.
Frequently Asked Questions
What topics does this course cover?
The course covers HR compliance audits, talent management audits, and commonly overlooked areas in workforce planning, with lessons on each of these topics plus an introduction and a knowledge test.
What is the purpose of an HR compliance audit?
An HR compliance audit is a meticulous check-up for the HR department that ensures the company adheres to legal requirements and manages risks, helping the organization follow all guidelines and avoid costly penalties and lawsuits.
What does a talent management audit assess?
A talent management audit assesses how an organization attracts, selects, and onboards new hires, as well as how it develops and retains existing staff, evaluating strategies and practices for talent acquisition, development, and retention.
Which overlooked workforce planning areas are addressed?
The course addresses commonly overlooked areas including shrinkage, forecast accuracy, back-office activities, diversity and inclusion audits, work-life balance and well-being, and employee training and development.
What skills does this course focus on?
The course focuses on audit planning and compliance auditing skills.
Professional Certifications and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®)
Recertification Credits: 0.25
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM®)
Professional Development Credits (PDCs): 0.25
KnowledgeCity is approved by SHRM as a Recertification General Provider to offer SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP professional development credits (PDCs). By taking the courses approved by SHRM, KnowledgeCity can award SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for HR knowledge and competency programs related to the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge™ (the SHRM BASK™).
