HR Compliance Course

Lesson 1 • The Regulatory Landscape Overview

Maps the categories of employment law that govern HR practice. Provides context for understanding how regulations interact across the employment lifecycle.

Lesson 2 • Defining HR Compliance

Clarifies what HR compliance means, its scope, and its strategic value. Connects the definition to real organisational risk and accountability structures.

Lesson 3 • Key Stakeholders in Compliance

Identifies who owns compliance responsibilities inside and outside HR. Clarifies how legal, finance, and operations teams share accountability.

Lesson 1 • Wage and Hour Compliance

Explains national minimum wage, overtime, and exempt vs. non-exempt classification rules. Errors in this area generate significant back-pay liability and penalties.

Lesson 2 • Workplace Safety Regulations

Outlines employer duties to provide a safe work environment under occupational safety standards. Links safety compliance to HR's role in training and recordkeeping.

Lesson 3 • Employee Privacy Rights

Defines employee privacy expectations in monitoring, records, and personal data. Establishes boundaries HR must respect to avoid legal exposure.

Lesson 4 • Leave and Accommodation Laws

Addresses legally protected leave types and the interactive accommodation process. Connects leave management to disability and family-status protections.

Lesson 1 • Compliant Screening and Interviewing

Covers lawful vs. unlawful pre-employment inquiries and structured interview design. Reduces bias and legal risk in candidate evaluation.

Lesson 2 • Lawful Job Adverts and Advertising

Identifies language and criteria that create legal exposure in job adverts. Teaches how to write inclusive, compliant job descriptions and advertisements.

Lesson 3 • Onboarding Documentation and Compliance

Outlines required new-hire paperwork, disclosures, and policy acknowledgments. Ensures a complete compliance record from day one of employment.

Lesson 4 • Employment Eligibility Verification

Explains the employer's obligation to verify work authorisation for all new hires. Covers proper completion, storage, and audit of verification forms.

Lesson 1 • Retaliation Prevention and Response

Explains what constitutes unlawful retaliation and how to prevent it after protected activity. Retaliation claims are amongst the most common and costly HR violations.

Lesson 2 • Performance Management and Documentation

Establishes legally defensible performance review and documentation practices. Consistent documentation is the foundation of compliant discipline and termination of employment.

Lesson 3 • Workplace Harassment Prevention

Defines harassment, employer liability, and prevention programme requirements. Connects policy design to investigation and corrective action obligations.

Lesson 1 • Pay Equity and Transparency

Addresses equal pay obligations and emerging pay transparency requirements. Teaches how to audit pay data and correct unjustified pay gaps.

Lesson 2 • Executive Total Reward Compliance

Examines regulatory constraints on executive pay, deferred compensation, and equity awards. Applies to HR professionals supporting compensation committee work.

Lesson 3 • Benefits Plan Legal Requirements

Covers fiduciary duties, disclosure obligations, and non-discrimination rules for employer benefit plans. Ensures plan administration meets regulatory standards.

Lesson 1 • Mandatory Record Retention Requirements

Identifies which HR records must be kept, for how long, and in what format. Retention failures expose organisations to adverse inference in litigation.

Lesson 2 • Sensitive Data Handling

Addresses special-category data such as medical, biometric, and financial records. Stricter controls apply to these data types and must be built into HR workflows.

Lesson 3 • HR Information System Compliance

Evaluates HRIS configuration for access controls, audit trails, and data integrity. System design directly affects the organisation's ability to demonstrate compliance.

Lesson 1 • Internal Audit and Monitoring

Establishes ongoing monitoring routines and periodic audits to detect compliance failures early. Proactive monitoring reduces enforcement risk and corrective action costs.

Lesson 2 • Compliance Policy Development

Guides the creation of clear, enforceable HR policies aligned to legal requirements. Effective policies are the written backbone of any compliance programme.

Lesson 3 • Compliance Culture and Leadership Buy-In

Connects programme effectiveness to leadership commitment and organisational culture. Compliance programmes fail without visible executive support and consistent enforcement.

Lesson 4 • Reporting and Escalation Structures

Designs anonymous reporting channels and escalation paths for compliance concerns. Clear escalation structures ensure issues reach decision-makers before they become violations.

Lesson 1 • Conducting Internal Investigations

Provides a structured methodology for investigating compliance violations internally. Thorough internal investigations support corrective action and demonstrate good faith.

Lesson 2 • Responding to Agency Charges

Outlines the process for responding to formal discrimination, wage, or safety charges. Timely, accurate responses are critical to limiting liability and achieving favourable outcomes.

Lesson 3 • Government Audit Preparedness

Identifies common regulatory audit triggers and prepares documentation for agency review. Proactive readiness shortens audit duration and reduces adverse findings.