Auditing Human Resource and People Risk Course

HR audit Course ensures that your business is compliant with ever-changing rules and regulations related to human resources policies and is utilizing best practices to maintain or improve competitive advantage.An important component of the human resources function is risk management and conducting an HR audit ensures that human resources is compliant and managing risk effectively - in other words, doing its’ job and providing people risk management for the organization. An HR audit gives you a picture of the value of HR to the organization; where the function excels and where effectiveness can be improved.

Many lawyers recommend that their business clients perform regular human resources audits as a proactive measure to keep the company out of hot water concerning legal issues, such as wrongful termination lawsuits.

HR best practices suggest regular audits to assist with continual improvement of the services you provide to employees. Small and Large businesses benefit tremendously from HR audits - they ensure the company is on the right track as it grows and adds employees to its staff. Benefits administration, payroll processing and conflict resolution are among the many internal customer services that HR should regularly monitor.

 The quality of services rendered to your organization's internal customers - its employees - affects job satisfaction, morale and engagement, all of which are intangible factors that ultimately affect your company's profitability. An audit is important for ensuring that your HR department meets the needs of employees and maintains service level standards that affect your bottom line.

Objectives of the Human Resource Audit Program

Several benefits associated with attending Human Resource audit program are listed below:

• This course reminds member of HR department and others its contribution, creating a more professional image of the department among manager and specialist.
• The HR audit course helps clarify the department’s role and leads to greater uniformity, especially in the geographically scattered and decentralized HR function of large organisations. Perhaps most important, it finds problems and ensures compliance with a variety of laws and strategic plans in an organization.
• Identifies the contribution of Human Resource department to the organization
• Improves the professional image of the Human Resource department.
• Encourages greater responsibility and professionalism among member of the Human Resource department.
• Clarifies the HR department’s duties and responsibilities.
• Stimulates uniformity of HR policies and practices.
• Finds critical HR problems.
• Ensures timely compliance with legal requirements.
• Reduces human resource cost through more effective Human Resource procedure.
• Creates increased acceptance of needed change in the Human Resource department.
• Requires thorough review of Human Resource department’s information system.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed to be relevant to internal auditors from every business sector and for delegates with varying levels of practical experience. It is of most relevance to those who are about to audit people risk, HRM activity or the HR function, or who need to know more about these activities.

What will I learn?

This course will help you provide effective, professional insight and internal audit assurance over people risks and HRM.

Upon completion you will be able to: 

• Understand the role and importance of a modern HR function and how it should support the achievement of organizational objectives
• Recognize the objectives of HR and its key strategic activities, including organizational design, resourcing and talent management, learning and development, performance and reward, employment engagement, etc.
• Identify and assess risk and appropriate mitigation associated with the HR function from an internal audit perspective
• Deliver professional insight and internal audit assurance over HR and its service delivery
• Access additional resources to help you audit HR in your organization more effectively.

Course Outline

• People risk and its importance
• A background to human resources (HR) and human resources management (HRM)
• The importance of effective HRM to all organizations, irrespective of sector
• HRM purpose and objectives
• Modern and emerging HRM service and delivery
• Alternate HR  strategies available to organizations
• Key HRM functional and service delivery risks and options for risk mitigation
• Topical HR issues and developments facing organizations and HRM
• Common challenges and issues faced when auditing HR and HRM and how to overcome these.