Managing Employment (HRCI/PHR)

Overview/Description
 The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations, HRCI/PHR (Professional in Human Resources certification), cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including legislation affecting employee and consumer rights, and matters of workforce management. The (HRCI) certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating Human Resource professionals' competencies. HRCI is an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management and provides testing and certification services. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's employment practices are fair and equitable, and that they comply with required regulations and recommended policies and practices. Toward that end, this course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations in the areas of federal anti-discrimination legislation and workforce management. In this course, you'll learn about legislation that is specific to employee rights, privacy, and consumer protection. In addition, you'll learn about effective methods for creating sound job descriptions and job specifications. All the topics in this course are based on the Workforce Planning and Employment functional area of the HR Body of Knowledge recommended by SHRM. This SkillSoft product has been reviewed by the Employment Practice Group of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green. As of the date reviewed, the content of this course is in compliance with federal law and court decisions. Due to the rapidly changing nature of the law, information in this course may become outdated.

Target Audience
 Human resources professionals who are preparing for the Human Resource Certification Institute's certification examinations

Expected Duration
2.5

Lesson Objectives:

Employee Rights Legislation

  • identify the importance of understanding employee rights legislation.
  • match each federal civil rights-related anti-discrimination law with its employee rights provisions.
  • match each federal health-related anti-discrimination law with its provisions.
  • identify provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974.
  • identify provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act.
  • match federal anti-discrimination legislation regarding employee selection and layoff with their provisions.
  • choose federal anti-discrimination laws with which congressional employees must comply under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995.

    • Privacy and Consumer Protection Legislation

  • identify the importance of understanding employee privacy and consumer protection legislation.
  • identify key provisions of the Privacy Act.
  • identify key provisions of the Employee Polygraph Protection Act.
  • match each federal consumer protection-related law with its provisions.

    • Job Analysis

  • identify the benefits of a job analysis.
  • match the key elements of a job analysis--knowledge, skills, and abilities--with their appropriate examples.
  • match techniques used when conducting a job analysis with their descriptions.
  • match information categories with examples of the information that must be gathered for a job analysis.
  • match the key elements of a job description with the appropriate examples.
  • match the key elements of job specifications with the appropriate examples.


    • Course Number: HR0243