Internal compliance

Internal compliance is the outlining and enforcement of internal policies, which often reflect statutory and regulatory laws. For instance, French labor law calls for a 35-hour workweek. So, companies with an office in France, could formulate internal policies for a four-day workweekOpens a new window , or mandate a two-hour lunch break every day. Internal compliance helps…

HR technology compliance

The growing use of HR technology makes it critical to pay special attention to this checklist item. Your HR technology platforms must be compliant with a host of regulations, including employee data rights such as the GDPROpens a new window . The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) also requires the protection of certain types of…

Union law compliance

The National Labor Relations Act mentions provisions for employee unions. Unions are groups of workers engaged in a similar industry – often in a specific region – working together to protect employee rights. (Fun fact: The Screen Actors Guild was formed as an American labor union representing 100,000+ performers and technicians!) By adhering to union…

Contractual compliance

Contractual compliance involves adherence to the contractual agreement formed when you employ a worker. From payroll employees to the hourly workforce, from interns to a white-collar freelance consultant, every employment model is governed by a contract. The agreement could include clauses for a notice period, a severance package, employee stock options, a tenure-based bonus, and…

Regulatory compliance

Regulatory compliance could sometimes overlap with a statutory compliance norm, but the difference is that a specific regulatory body sets it. For example, the Health and Safety Executive in the U.K. and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the U.S. lay down specific mandates for a safe work environment and prevention of accidents or…

Statutory compliance

Statutory compliance entails compliance with legislations set by a local, state, or federal government. All employers are legally mandated to follow statutory compliance, without which they are liable to face criminal charges. The minimum working age, minimum wage per hour, anti-discrimination laws, and the like all fall under statutory compliance. But it could vary from…

What Is HR Compliance?

HR compliance is defined as the process of aligning workplace policies with a city’s, state’s, country’s, and the world’s labor laws in sync with industry-specific regulations. In addition to policy setup, enforcing practices to follow these policies daily is also part of HR compliance. Compliance is among the critical functions of any HR department. You…

Competency Profiling

Use of job-led approaches for making job analysis has significantly brought in reduction in changes in the work place. The HR managers have begun to focus on individual-oriented approaches, like behaviour-event interviews and critical incident reporting, to find the skill sets and behaviours required to perform a particular job. Such occupational needs are termed as…

HR Competencies

Competencies affirm the expected areas and levels of performance. They tell us what is valued and rewarded. Core competencies are defined as personal traits or underlined characteristics that are combined with technical or professional skills to enable the job.  Other factors such as personal values, motivation and type of work also play their part in…

Performance-based Pay

It is important that all decisions concerning pay and incentives are designed. To attract, motivate and retain employees in an organization. Therefore, the pay structure should be designed such that it adheres to above. However, a majority of organizations put a limit to their pay system to only a percentage of the pay package. Only…