Terminology- aPHR Associate Professional in Human Resource

Learn how to handle confidential self-identification data for race, gender, disability, and veteran status; comply with federal contractor reporting, EEO-1 forms, pre-employment testing, and internal recruitment sources.

Identify diverse recruitment sources such as internal postings, public employment services, college recruiting, alumni on-campus outreach, employee referrals, and professional associations.

Explore recruitment and selection tactics using affinity and diversity groups, unions, referrals, suppliers, and vendors, alongside online methods like advertising, internet job fairs, and social media. Walk-ins are less common.

Explore compensation and benefits through job ranking methods, pay structures like merit pay and pay for performance, and healthcare benefits, HSA, stock options, and profit sharing.

Understand health, safety, and OSHA basics, including workers' compensation, FMLA, light duty, reasonable accommodations, and key standards like general duty, bloodborne pathogens, PPE, lockout/tagout, and incident reporting.

Examine key case laws and federal statutes like USERRA, Walsh-Healey Act, WOTC, LMRDA, ADA, and whistleblower protections to understand employer duties and employee rights.

Examine federal employment law concepts, including discrimination protections under the Civil Rights Act, disability and national origin or religion protections, FMLA and ACA provisions, and E-Verify and privacy rules.