Increasingly, the best organisations have recognised the need to properly ensure the welfare and wellbeing of their critical human resources. They are demonstrating a real duty of care through word, practice and action - evidencing that people are indeed their greatest asset. What is your organisation doing in this critical area and how is it managing the associated risks in the changed, post-2020 world?

This course will show you how to provide effective, insightful internal audit assurance and advice over evolving, topical and business critical aspects of staff welfare and wellbeing, giving you the tools and understanding to plan and conduct your own value adding engagements in this vital area.

Who should attend?

This one-day course is designed to be relevant to internal auditors from every business sector and for delegates with varying levels of practical experience. It is of most relevance to those who are about to audit staff health, welfare and wellbeing risk, or the HR function, or who need to know more about these activities.

What will I learn?

Upon completion you will:

understand the role and importance of HR, staff health, welfare and wellbeing practices

recognise the key objectives of staff welfare and wellbeing and the advantages that a focus on these areas can bring an organisation and its people

identify and assess risk and appropriate mitigation associated with staff welfare and wellbeing, from an internal audit perspective

deliver professional insight and internal audit assurance on these challenging and evolving subjects, covering both the workplace and remote, homeworking environments

better understand emerging trends, good practices and developments in these areas

be able to access additional resources to help you audit staff welfare and wellbeing in your organisation more effectively.

Course programme

people risk and its importance

a background to staff health, welfare and wellbeing and its importance for all organisations, irrespective of sector

staff health, welfare and wellbeing purpose and objectives

the alternate staff health, welfare and wellbeing strategies available to organisations

key staff health, welfare and wellbeing risks and options for risk mitigation

topical issues, emerging trends, good practices and developments in these areas

common challenges and issues faced when auditing staff health, welfare and wellbeing practices and how to overcome these. 

More information and how to book :
Auditing employee health, welfare and well-being (iia.org.uk)