HR Records and POPIA
HR records are the memory of an organisation. They show who works there, what they agreed to, how much leave they have, what training they did and how decisions were made. When records are accurate and safe, employees are paid and treated correctly and the business can prove what happened. When they are messy, incomplete or leaked, people are harmed and the business can face CCMA cases, fines and lost trust. This course teaches you how to set up and maintain personnel files, keep leave and attendance records in line with the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, apply the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) to everyday HR work, decide who may see what, respond to a privacy breach, and store, keep and dispose of records safely. The course is fully online and self-paced. Each lesson has a short activity in your workbook. You finish with a practical task and a final assessment, and you receive a MetaCo Certificate of Completion that you can add to your CV.
What you will learn
Keep accurate personnel files and leave records, protect employee information under POPIA, and store, share and dispose of HR records safely.
- Module 1: Introduction
- Module 2: Personnel Files
- Module 3: Leave and Attendance Records
- Module 4: POPIA Essentials
- Module 5: Confidentiality and Breaches
- Module 6: Storage, Retention and Disposal
- Module 7: Putting It into Practice
How it is assessed
Short quizzes as you go, a final assessment with three attempts (fresh questions each time) and a practical task.
Certificate
MetaCo Certificate of Completion, with your own number and a QR code employers can scan. This certificate confirms completion of a MetaCo short course.
Part of the pathway: HR Assistant
What you get
- The lessons, quiz and practical task
- A downloadable workbook (PDF)
- The Human Resources toolkit
- A one-page cheat sheet to keep
- The MetaCo certificate with a QR verification link, and a "Copy to my CV" line
- The Career Starter Kit, free with your first purchase
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