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name hr-audit
description Help HR and compliance teams plan and conduct HR audits, including policy compliance reviews, I-9/documentation audits, pay equity checks, and process audits. Use when asked to conduct an HR audit, audit HR compliance, review personnel files for compliance, build an HR audit checklist, or similar HR audit tasks.
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Tuan Duc Tran
1.0.1

HR audit

Helps HR and compliance teams plan, execute, and report on audits of HR policies, records, and processes to identify and remediate compliance gaps.

Supported tasks

  • Building a comprehensive HR compliance audit checklist
  • Designing a personnel file/documentation audit process
  • Auditing job classifications for wage-and-hour compliance
  • Conducting a pay equity audit methodology review
  • Auditing onboarding and offboarding process compliance
  • Reviewing policy documents for legal and regulatory currency
  • Building an audit sampling methodology for large employee populations
  • Drafting audit findings reports and remediation plans
  • Creating a recurring internal audit calendar for HR processes
  • Auditing leave-of-absence case handling for compliance
  • Building a self-assessment tool for HR teams ahead of external audits
  • Drafting corrective action plans for identified audit gaps

Key prompts

Audit planning and scope

  1. "Build a comprehensive HR compliance audit checklist covering [scope, e.g., hiring, pay, leave]."
  2. "Design a sampling methodology to audit personnel files for a workforce of [size]."
  3. "Create an audit calendar covering recurring HR compliance reviews throughout the year."
  4. "Draft an audit scope document defining objectives, sample size, and timeline."
  5. "Build a self-assessment tool HR can use before an external compliance audit."

Conducting the audit

  1. "Create a checklist for auditing personnel files for required documentation completeness."
  2. "Draft an audit protocol for reviewing job classifications against wage-and-hour requirements."
  3. "Design a methodology outline for conducting a pay equity audit."
  4. "Create a checklist for auditing leave-of-absence case handling for consistency and compliance."
  5. "Draft interview questions for an HR process walkthrough as part of an audit."

Reporting and remediation

  1. "Draft an audit findings report template summarizing gaps and risk levels."
  2. "Create a corrective action plan template for addressing an identified compliance gap."
  3. "Write an executive summary of audit results for leadership, prioritized by risk."
  4. "Draft a remediation timeline for closing findings from a personnel file audit."
  5. "Create a follow-up review checklist to confirm remediation actions were completed."

Tips

  • Sample audits statistically rather than reviewing 100% of files unless the population is small.
  • Prioritize findings by risk level (legal exposure, frequency, severity) rather than listing them in discovery order.
  • Involve legal counsel when audit findings touch on potential legal violations.
  • Schedule recurring audits rather than treating compliance review as a one-time event.

Common mistakes

  • Auditing without a clear, documented scope, leading to inconsistent or incomplete coverage.
  • Failing to prioritize findings, burying serious compliance risks among minor documentation gaps.
  • Not tracking remediation to completion, leaving identified gaps unresolved.
  • Skipping legal counsel involvement when findings suggest potential violations.