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10. WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY

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  WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY Source: (Shepherd, 2019) Workplace Health and Safety is one of the very crucial HR related aspects. Because HR plays a significant role to ensure a safe and secure workplace for all employees (Servisource, 2023).  It is mainly considered as a responsibility of HR to develop and implement Occupational Health and Safety policies and procedures. Apart from that HR should make sure that all employees in the organization get sufficient H&S training and ensuring the proper compliance with the occupational H&S standards & regulations (courses.lumenlearning.com, n.d.).   Furthermore, HR should provide necessary guidance, leadership as well as direction for the maintenance of a safe and healthy work environment for all, which would consist of pre-identifying of potential workplace hazards, periodic conducting of risk assessments and developing sustainable action plans to address and mitigate any identified risks (www.linkedin.com, n.d.). H

09. COMPLIANCE AND LEGAL ISSUES IN HR

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  COMPLIANCE AND LEGAL ISSUES IN HR Source: (CorpStrat: HR | Payroll | Employee Benefits, 2018) Compliance and legal issues related to HR function are highly critical and important for any organization. They set the foundation for a respectful, fair working environment and legal protection of employees (Lesiuk, 2020). The employment laws and compliances controls the fair hiring and firing process, workplace safety of the  employees, obtaining fair benefits and compensation as well as definitely would protect the employees against harassment and discrimination in the workplace (Lesiuk, 2020). Furthermore, employee related laws and compliances would provide necessary guidance in case of a complaint or workplace conflict too (Lesiuk, 2020). HR compliance normally refers to the organizations’ adherence to the country’s laws, regulations, and best practices governing human resources (Advanced, n.d.). It also would ensure that HR policies, procedures, and actions in the organiz

08. SUCCESSION PLANNING

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  SUCCESSION PLANNING Figure 1 TROOP MASSENGER https://images.app.goo.gl              Successful companies always have a succession plan to replace key leaders should a change happen with the  organizational structure  and in the event of  employee turnover  in critical roles.  Creating a succession plan helps organizations identify and document critical skills and knowledge to pass it on to prepare their next-generation workforce for a seamless succession within the company.                Succession planning is of great value to organizations for facilitating knowledge transfer and employees’ formal, structured development. What Is Succession Planning?          A succession plan identifies critical positions, future staffing needs, documenting and transferring key knowledge, and the people that could fill these future roles within an organization – and developing action plans accordingly.            A succession plan takes a holistic view of current and future company goals to ensure