HR Audits: A Critical Compliance Process

Why Should You Attend:

The threats and risks from human resource management non-compliance are increasing.Governmental and regulatory agencies have put organizations on notice: Compliance will not be presumed. Organizations must prepare to be audited, must develop a culture of compliance, and must be able to demonstrate required compliance.

At the same time, financial markets increasing value - on the quality of an organization’s human capital, the alignment of human capital decisions with business objectives, and the commitment the organization demonstrates to increasing the value of its human capital.

The penalties for non-compliance and misaligned HR management strategies are significant. From fines, awards, and settlements, to higher insurance premiums, lost business opportunities, debarment, reputational damage, and jail time the financial and business exposure from non-compliance put the organization and its executives are at risk.

This webinar assesses these risks and discusses the use of HR audits as a continuous audit process that provides assurance of compliance, describes internal controls, and evaluates outcomes. We will discuss the key compliance metrics, how to map the compliance ownership, how to use internal controls and overall enhance overall compliance.

Areas Covered in the Seminar:

• HR management compliance exposures.
• Employment practices liabilities.
• Key compliance metrics.
• Mapping compliance ownership.
• The five components of the ELLA HR Audit Model™.
• The use of internal controls.
• Compliance enhancement strategies.

Who Will Benefit:

• Senior HR managers
• CFOs
• Risk managers
• Internal Auditors
• External Auditors
• Consultants

Instructor Profile:

Ronald Adler, is the president and CEO of Laurdan Associates, a veteran-owned, human resource management consulting firm in Potomac, Md., specializing in HR audits, employment practices liability risk management, benchmarking and HR metrics, strategic HR, employee surveys, and unemployment insurance management issues. Mr. Adler has more than 38 years of HR consulting experience working with U.S. and international firms, small businesses and non-profits, insurance companies and brokers, and employer organizations.

Adler is a consulting expert on work force, employment practices, and unemployment insurance issues to The Wall Street Journal, HR Magazine, and other publications and newspapers across the country. His research findings have been used by the Federal Reserve Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the National Conference of State Legislatures, the National Association of Manufacturers, the National Federation of Independent Business, insurers, and international organizations.

Mr. Adler is a co-developer of the Employment-Labor Law Audit™ (ELLA®), the nation’s leading HR auditing and employment practices risk assessment tool, and is a frequent lecturer and author on HR management and workplace issues.

As an adjunct professor, Adler teaches a course on HR auditing in Villanova University’s Graduate Program in Human Resources Development. He is also a certified instructor on employment practices and insurance issues for The CPCU Society, has conducted sexual harassment training programs as an adjunct instructor for the Baltimore City Community College, has conducted continuing professional education courses for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants on “Assessing Employment and Personnel Policies,” and has conducted continuing professional education courses for SHRM, the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the Institute of Management Consultants.

Mr. Adler has testified before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on unemployment insurance issues and before the U.S. Senate H.E.L.P. Committee on genetic discrimination in the workplace.

As a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Adler serves as a subject matter expert (SME) on HR metrics, serves on the professional standards taskforce, and previously served on SHRM’s Human Capital Measurement/HR Metrics Special Expertise Panel and on SHRM’s Consultants’ Special Expertise Panel. He is a consulting expert on workplace issues to SHRM’s legislative staff, has contributed materials for The SHRM Academy and the SHRM Learning System, and has represented SHRM in meetings with the EEOC.

Additionally, he belongs to the Institute of Internal Auditors and the Professional Liability Underwriting Society. Adler chairs the Maryland Chamber of Commerce’s UI Subcommittee and is a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Labor Relations Committee.

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