HR ISSUES

Human Resources' Role in Corporate Compliance

Issues in Recruitment and Retention: Attracting, Developing and Retaining Employees

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Best Practice Solutions in Recruitment and Retention

Attract

• Link staffing efforts and business strategy (develop a strategic staffing plan)
• Utilize technology including Social Networking
• Leverage employee referrals
• Incorporate diversity into staffing process
• Tout the organization's culture and development opportunities
• Start young- job-shadowing programs for elementary and high school students
• Get employees involved in election of the fellow employees

Develop

• Establish mentoring programs
• Engage Senior Management in Training
• Tap into the intellectual capital of your own organization
• Conduct a needs assessment- determine organization's learning need and where there are gaps
• Communicate learning objectives and celebrate accomplishments
• Establish links with training resources to bring in specialized training from the outside
• Develop Career Centers

Retain

• Workforce stability must be a conscious, deliberate effort by the entire organization (A Corporate Strategy)
• Select right employee from the start
• Orientation and Bonding- invest time in orientation to begin the process of developing a sense of belonging that inspires the worker to stay
• Provide opportunities for personal and professional growth
• Provide flexible work arrangements/ childcare and eldercare support
• Pay-for-Performance (share organizational success with employees)
• Flexible Benefits
• Get employee input as to what is important to them
• Utilize internships as a screen
• Learn from exit interviews

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Essential to any investigation are the following:

• A single individual should be assigned responsibility
• Establish a confidential file
• Define the scope of the investigation
• After investigation concluded, determine if policy or law has been broken.
• The results of the investigation, even if inconclusive, should be communicated to both the complainant and accused employee.

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Human resources' role in corporate compliance

• Development and distribution of written standards of conduct as well as policies.
• Education and training for employees.
• Background checks for new employees i.e., reference, education, criminal background check, licensure, etc.
• Guidelines for internal investigations, disciplinary action and reporting of violations to government authorities.
• Consistent enforcement.
• Coordination of provisions between employees handbooks, ethics codes and compliance plans.
• Coordinate roles of compliance and human resources personnel.
• Exit interviews.

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