What is HR compliance?
HR compliance means aligning company HR processes and policies with applicable labor laws together with industry-specific regulations. It covers all procedures, policies, HR agendas, employee contracts and agreements.
- building policies and procedures that ensure your organization follows up-to-date labor and employment laws and regulations.
- enforcing the procedures to ensure all employees follow them
- HR compliance is essential to every company because employer's need to meet legal responsibilities. Non-compliance leads to fines, penalties, and lawsuits
What are the main layers of HR compliance?
Statutory and regulatory HR compliance
- Ensuring an adherence to legislation around labor laws, employment and the workplace
- Company must follow the rules of a specific regulatory body, such as health and safety (OHSA)
- Employers must follow global, country’s, state’s and city’s regulations
Contractual compliance
- The compliance with regulations and terms your organization is bound by labor law
- This can be a contract between your company and partner organizations or your employees.
Employee compliance
- Some jobs or industries require employees to be mandatorily trained or skilled in specific areas
- Ensure that employees meet the required level of qualification, skill, certification or training
Data protection compliance
- HR technology platforms must be compliant with regulations and protect personal data
- protecting employee data rights such as the GDPR or HIPAA
Union law compliance
- Some companies may deal with union workers
- The company must be aware of the rules set by these unions and adhere to them