HR Practice For Payroll Practitioners

HR Practice for Payroll Practitioners

UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A PAYROLL PRACTITIONER This course focuses on the operational skills and knowledge a Payroll practitioner needs to have to be effective in HR in their workplace. The practice of human resources was founded in the late 1800s when it provided welfare services to employees on behalf of the employer. Over the last hundred years human resources has gone through a range of transitions. People management in today’s organisations is tasked with ensuring the organisation has effective human resources. This is done in conjunction with management and provides processes and procedures that ensure business objectives are achieved and add value to the organisation and the busines s’s bottom line. “Any human resource activity must add value to the organisation. If not done well it can cause major risk to the organisation.” It must be stressed at this point that the human resource management is part of any payroll professional’s role – it is not just the HR thing! HR is owned by the organisation not by HR! It is important that the payroll practitioners do not fall into the trap of trying to pass on HR work to the HR department. The purpose of HR in any organisation is to: The Payroll Practitioner and Human Resources

“Provide a service, advice and support to managers so they can undertake and be successful in their HR role.”

Therefore, what is the role of HRM for a payroll professional?

To have the knowledge, skills and abilities to effectively manage the human resources that they are charged with managing.

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