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Risk Management for Human Resources

The people function carries risks that rarely appear on a corporate risk register until one of them materialises as a dismissal award, a strike or a data protection penalty. This course makes them explicit. Delegates work through employment and labour law exposure, the risks concentrated in recruitment and vetting, and the handling of employee data under POPIA and comparable regimes. Key person dependency, succession gaps and skills loss are treated as operational risks rather than talent aspirations. The course also covers workplace conduct, harassment and grievance exposure, and closes on presenting people risk to a board in the same terms as every other risk it reviews.

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Course objectives

  • Identify the risks the people function actually carries
  • Assess employment and labour law exposure across the employment lifecycle
  • Manage recruitment, vetting and misrepresentation risk
  • Handle employee data lawfully under POPIA and comparable regimes
  • Treat key person dependency and skills loss as operational risk
  • Address conduct, harassment and grievance exposure
  • Report people risk to a board in the terms it uses for other risks

Who should attend

  • Human resources managers and business partners
  • Risk and compliance professionals
  • Internal auditors covering the people function
  • Employee relations specialists
  • Executives accountable for workforce risk

Course outline

  1. 01The people risks that never reach the risk register
  2. 02Employment and labour law exposure
  3. 03Recruitment, vetting and misrepresentation
  4. 04Employee data under POPIA and comparable regimes
  5. 05Key person dependency and succession gaps
  6. 06Conduct, harassment and grievance exposure
  7. 07Industrial action and collective risk
  8. 08Reporting people risk to a board

Scheduled sessions

Scheduled sessions for Risk Management for Human Resources
DatesVenueFormatPriceRegister
7 to 9 October 2026Pretoria, South AfricaClassroomR14,950 per delegateRegister Now
21 to 23 October 2026Maputo, MozambiqueClassroomUSD 995 per delegateRegister Now
28 to 30 December 2026Durban, South AfricaClassroomR14,950 per delegateRegister Now
1 to 3 February 2027OnlineOnlineR6,500 per delegateRegister Now
8 to 10 February 2027Windhoek, NamibiaClassroomR14,950 per delegateRegister Now
15 to 17 February 2027Cape Town, South AfricaClassroomR14,950 per delegateRegister Now

Risk Management for Human Resources

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