HR teams help ensure a given organisation complies with local health and safety regulations to maintain a safe and healthy work environment. Many times, these compliance concerns also apply to remote work or ‘work from anywhere’ schemes for employees who may come to the office less often (or not at all). Every country has regulations…
Human resources representatives are responsible for developing and implementing HR policies and procedures related to hiring, termination, and compensation and wages. This includes remaining compliant with regulations stipulating minimum wage, overtime pay, meal and rest breaks, and other wage and work-hour requirements. Navigating the end of an employment relationship is never easy, so understanding the…
Staying informed about fundamental local labour laws is paramount for any organisation with full-time workers. This might include anything from having compliant contracts, which are updated regularly as new changes come in to maintaining accurate and up-to-date records and updating internal HR policies. All businesses are responsible for ensuring their employment practices do not discriminate…
When we talk about compliance, this typically encompasses a number of things. For example, appropriate employment classification, health and safety regulations, correct entity setup, tax obligations, termination procedures, leave policies, and various other aspects that either directly or indirectly influence employment. Generally speaking, compliance refers to the practice of adhering to laws, regulations, standards, and…
Changes in internal policies around Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are pressuring HR departments to prove they are paying their people fairly by using consistent and clearly defined compensation rules, rather than the more traditional discretionary approach, and by eliminating conscious or unconscious bias based on gender, race, or other factors. The result proves to…
Local and state laws can vary, but federal legislation applies to almost every company operating in the United States. The federal workplace laws and organizations that HR departments deal with most frequently include the following: HR also needs to understand and comply with local and state laws. The Mexican food chain Chipotle is one example…
Workplace compliance refers to an internal body of rules governing employee behavior in the workplace. Often, this relates to statutory and regulatory norms, making sure that they are proactively followed. Mandatory work hours, the mandatory volume of work, mandatory breaks, policies around working from home, the appropriate dress codes, non-discriminatory behavior, and the like, fall…
A country could form its own HR compliance regulations. For instance, France recently implemented the Right to DisconnectOpens a new window law, which applies to any company with 50+ workers. Retirement age and the minimum age to start work also vary from country to country. Global companies must take these details into account when formulating policy guidelines….
International labor law is a body of rules covering a myriad of regulations around the rights and duties of employees, employers, and governments – it’s headed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), coordinating with other agencies. The standards set by international labor law often inspire regional regulations. Specifically, there are Conventions (legally binding) and Recommendations (non-binding…
Some industries (or regions) require employees to be mandatorily trained in specific areas. For example, in California, any company with five or more employees would have to provide two hours of classroom/interactive anti-harassment training to every employee in a supervisory role, and at least one hour to all non-supervisory employees. Professions like nursing, social care,…
