In line with the Association’s duty to keep its members informed, it held a forum in Naivasha in partnership with Institute of Human Resource to discuss compliance with the Human Resource Management Professionals Act (HRMP). This came after signing of an MOU between the Association and the Institute which is meant to ensure all members of the Association comply with the professional code of conduct set by the Institute, Conduct comprehensive human resource and Labor laws compliance audits, Audit members annually on labour Laws and HR compliance and issue a compliance certificate thereof among other things.
The Institute has a legal mandate to regulate and ensure compliance in Human Resource Management within employment set up. It is in the same light that the Association entered into that MOU to collaborate and combine strategies in ensuring total compliance with the Act and avoid penal consequences as prescribed therein.
In order to achieve this, The Association will roll out Audits of Human Resource functions and administration within its membership. Upon the same, shall alongside the Audit report issue an annual certificate of compliance that shall be proof of such compliance and form the basis of its compliance update report.
As a development, a code of practice for all HR professionals was gazetted that form part of the Act and is enforceable to understand the code and the intended Audit process. During that meeting the IHRM Legal Officer, Mr. Lloyd Wachira shed light on the purpose of the Code to the Human resource practitioners, its application and what the same meant to companies with and without resident HRs.
The Purpose of the Legal and Hr. Compliance Audits will be among other things; To assess the general environment and performance efficiency in HR department, To check for any deviations from standards and devise appropriate strategies and corrective actions in HR related areas, To check for alignment of HR functions and organization’s overall practices and procedures and to measure statutory compliance of HR activities as per the law and other relevant agencies.
As this will not be an audit like any other, the rationale will be to ensure the HR department is more effective and credible as well as save on litigation cost as many issues will be picked and addressed at this level.
