Course Description
Numerous external forces and factors have had an impact on the demand for and scope of HR audits.
First, in the global economy, human capital has become for many organizations the single most important determinant of competitiveness, productivity, sustainability, and profitability. Increasingly, the organization's human capital is the source of innovation and a driver of business success.
Second, a confluence of economic, political, and social factors, including corporate scandals, the failure of organizations to adequately assess risks, and increasing stockholder initiatives, have resulted in increased statutory and regulatory requirements, a call for greater transparency, and increased internal and external audit activity.
Third, governmental agencies have become more active — some would argue more aggressive — and have committed more resources to conducting assessments of employment policies and practices. Importantly, the EEOC, the OFCCP, U.S. DOL, and ICE have advised employers that they consider self assessments and audits "best practices."
How effective is your organization's human resource management? Is your human capital helping you achieve organizational objectives? Are your employment practices creating material risks and liabilities? This session discusses the development and use of HR Audits in answering these questions and addressing critical risk management and due diligence issues.
Learning Objectives:
- The critical components of an HR audit
- Economic, political, regulatory, and social factors affecting HR audits
- Best ways to use HR auditing tools
- How to utilize an HR Audit Scorecard
- Current trends in HR Auditing
About Your Speaker:Ronald Adler is the President and CEO of Laurdan Associates, Inc., a veteran owned Human Resource management consulting firm specializing in HR audits, employment practices liability risk management, HR metrics and benchmarking, strategic HR-business issues and unemployment insurance issues. Mr. Adler has more than 42 years of HR consulting experience working with U.S. and international firms, small businesses and non-profits, printers, insurance companies and brokers, and employer organizations.
Mr. Adler is an internationally-recognized thought leader on HR auditing and is the co-developer the Employment-Labor Law Audit (
ELLA), the nation's leading HR auditing and employment practices liability risk assessment tool.
Mr. Adler is an adjunct professor at Villanova University's Graduate Program in Human Resources Development and teaches courses on HR auditing and HR management. Mr. Adler is also a certified instructor for the CPCU Society and conducts courses on employment practices liabilities. Mr. Adler serves on two national taskforces developing professional standards in human capital measurement and performance management.
Mr. Adler is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), where he serves as a subject matter expert (SME) to SHRM on HR metrics and workplace issues.
PHR / SPHR Re-Certification CreditsThis audio conference is approved for 1.5 hours of HRCI credit. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for re-certification credit.