HR professionals of any company are entrusted with the task
of managing the employees in an effective manner and improving their
performance. A stepping stone in the career of an HR professional in USA is a certification
awarded to those professionals who have a command over various strategies and
policy-making aspects of workforce management. This is called the Senior Professional in Human Resources certification.
There are various concepts and policies that need to be understood by an HR
professional for cracking the SPHR examination.
There are online platforms which offer complete HR content
covering all the relevant topics. Some have been mentioned here.
Discrimination and
Harassment
Discrimination Training covers the fundamentals of discrimination
and harassment in workplace which enables HR professionals to understand the
types of sexual discrimination and the laws formulated to address the problems
of discrimination and harassment. The HR professionals get enlightened about
application of federal laws to deal with discrimination and harassment, conducting
internal investigations, addressing discrimination effectively, developing
policies and procedures to deal with cases of discrimination and harassment and
determining and enforcing codes of conduct for employees to prevent
discrimination and harassment.
Filing Employer
Information Report
Employer Information Report or EEO-1 is required to be
submitted annually with U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's EEO-1
Joint Reporting Committee. This report comprising of race, ethnicity and gender
data is used by the federal agencies to analyse the representation of women and
minority workers in the companies and determine the level of compliance with
the anti-discrimination laws. The topic of EEO-1Reporting include various aspects such as preparing the data, knowing who
must file the report, the way the federal agencies use the information, the
time period in which the companies must report the data, reviewing procedures
and much more.
Disabilities
HR professionals must be aware of the various provisions of ADA - American With Disabilities Act which
prevents employers from discriminating against persons with qualified
disabilities during hiring, job application, compensation, training,
recruitments, leave and layoffs. The topic covers everything from fundamentals
of the act to various complexities involved.
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