Functional Area 6. Risk Management

PHR Test Content: 8%

SPHR Test Content: 7%

Definitional Framework:

Occupational health, safety, and security: Occupational health, safety, and security promotes employees’ physical and mental well-being while maintaining a safe and nonviolent work environment, all in support of the employer’s short-term, long-term, emerging, and strategic objectives.

Like every other functional area in HR, risk management has a wide-ranging impact on the long-term—as well as the day-to-day—operations of the organization. This impact is real, direct, and significant—even for those HR professionals who don’t have formal responsibility for risk management. Why? Because, ultimately, as HR professionals, we all share a degree of ...

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