Ch 5: PHRi Certification: Policies & Procedures

1. HR Policies: Legal & Industry Regulations

Many different things influence HR policies in organizations. In this lesson, we'll take a look at some of the ways that legal and industry regulations can affect policy.

2. Hiring Employees: Federal & State Laws on Documentation

Documentation for new employees is a standard in the U.S in order to process their employment details. Learn more about federal and state laws of documentation, what is required for them and avoiding documentation pitfalls.

3. Establishing & Communicating Human Resource Policies

Employment-related policies and procedures can vary drastically from company to company, and establishing a clear set of policies can be critical to everyone's success. This lesson reviews the process of developing and communicating human resources policies, and the importance of doing so.

4. Organizational Data Confidentiality: Importance & Rules

Learn about the importance of organizational data confidentiality and the rules that apply to data in the workplace, including employee records, company data, and individual data.

5. Understanding Employee Confidentiality & Privacy Rules

Employees must provide sensitive or personal information to their employer, which needs to be kept safely through confidentiality and privacy rules. Learn more about employee confidentiality, privacy expectations, what is legal and how to safely monitor employees.

6. Ensuring Privacy in the Harassment Complaint Process

Privacy is important to a harassment complaint process because leaks can lead to bigger issues. Learn what policy and procedures are used to ensure confidentiality and ease privacy concerns for victims, witnesses, the alleged harasser, and the organization.

7. Analyzing Business Data: Tools & Methods

In this modern world of Big Data, analysis is the key for businesses to keep a competitive edge. This lesson will discuss tools and methods used to analyze business data.

8. Ethical Issues in HR: Definition & Importance

Ethics is defined as the system of rules that determine appropriate behavior in a setting. Learn about laws, regulations, and issues with ethics in HR, the definition and importance of a code of ethics, and how the Stakeholder Theory relates to corporate social responsibility.