Metrolabs applies a structured, evidence-driven HR audit methodology that blends statutory compliance verification, operational controls testing, and strategic people-risk assessment. We deliver a scored audit, a prioritised remediation roadmap, and governance mechanisms to convert HR from a potential liability into a strategic enabler.
Businesses today operate in a regulatory landscape that is more complex, dynamic, and demanding than ever. An effective HR Audit is no longer a periodic exercise — it is a strategic requirement to ensure workforce compliance, operational integrity, and long-term organizational resilience.
Metrolabs delivers a comprehensive HR Audit framework aligned to industry best practices and global governance standards. Our approach evaluates not only statutory compliance but also HR policy maturity, process efficiency, digital enablement, data accuracy, and workforce risk exposure. The outcome is a clear roadmap that strengthens your HR function and positions it as a strategic enabler of business performance.
A detailed view of your HR compliance status, control gaps, and risk areas.
Insightful analysis of HR processes, documentation, systems and stakeholder alignment.
Prioritised improvement recommendations based on impact, urgency, and compliance risk.
A future-ready HR roadmap designed to enhance capability, digital maturity, and governance discipline.
Our HR Audit framework evaluates your people processes across six critical dimensions. Each dimension is benchmarked against statutory requirements, best-practice standards, process efficiency criteria, and digital enablement maturity.
Assessment of adherence to PF, ESIC, LWF, Bonus Act, Gratuity Act, Maternity Benefit Act, Contract Labour regulations, Shops & Establishment Act and related filings.
Comprehensive review of HR policy architecture, employment contracts, appointment letters, handbooks, disciplinary frameworks, and organisational governance.
Validation of payroll processes, earnings/deductions logic, benefit calculations, and integration with statutory components.
Deep assessment across the Hire-to-Retire value chain — from recruitment and onboarding to performance, exit management and people operations.
Evaluation of system-driven HR workflows, digitization maturity, access controls, and employee data accuracy across platforms.
Analysis of HR’s alignment with organisational goals, leadership involvement, reporting structures, and workforce governance mechanisms.
Our governance framework is built on industry-leading HR operating models used by global consulting firms. It provides a structured approach to risk mitigation, decision accountability, process standardisation and workforce transparency across the organisation.
Establishes strong controls to ensure full compliance with labour laws, policies, and audit-ready documentation across all HR domains.
Builds consistent, documented, measurable HR processes that reduce risk, improve efficiency and ensure role-based accountability.
Aligns HR strategy with business objectives through structured governance mechanisms that drive performance, transparency and organisational readiness.
This governance model provides a strong backbone for compliance, operational control, and strategic decision-making — enabling HR to function as a trusted business partner.
A single-pane view for leadership: impact vs likelihood plotted with contextual commentary, ownership and remediation priorities. Click any risk marker to view root cause, quantification and recommended next steps.
A practical five-level maturity framework to assess HR’s capability to deliver compliance, operational excellence and strategic people outcomes. We score across People, Process, Technology and Governance to produce a single HR Maturity Index and a prioritized roadmap.
HR responds to issues; limited policy enforcement and no formal controls.
Policies exist but are partially enforced; some reconciliation performed.
End-to-end workflows and meaningful KPIs; routine controls & governance forums.
Predictable operations, advanced controls, and continuous performance improvement.
HR drives business outcomes using workforce intelligence and integrated governance.
A six-stage, consulting-grade audit methodology engineered to uncover risks, benchmark processes and deliver actionable insights. Every stage is backed by evidence, control testing and HR best-practice frameworks.
Leadership discussions to map structure, challenges, workforce composition and compliance exposure.
A structured evidence-gathering stage covering HRMS, payroll, statutory documents and employee files.
Deep control evaluation across HR workflows, approvals, compliance, documentation discipline & RACI clarity.
Evaluation of HRMS setups, integrations, access governance, and payroll alignment for accuracy.
Each finding is scored on impact, probability & severity to generate a detailed risk profile.
A structured, actionable roadmap with timelines, owners, heatmaps and transformation priorities.
Every HR Audit engagement concludes with a comprehensive set of documents, insights and transformation assets engineered to help leadership take informed, confident and future-ready decisions. All deliverables are structured, evidence-backed and benchmarked against global HR and compliance standards.
A board-ready, distilled view of risks, critical findings and high-priority actions.
A complete evidence-backed audit document covering every observation with proof.
A visual representation of HR risk exposure across People, Process, Technology & Governance.
A complete compliance scorecard aligned with Indian Labour Laws & regulatory frameworks.
A policy-by-policy assessment identifying missing elements, outdated clauses & compliance risks.
A detailed digital audit covering master data accuracy, access controls & system logs.
Analytical view of workforce patterns, hiring trends, attrition indicators & productivity drivers.
A practical, time-bound action plan for closing gaps and elevating HR maturity.
Ready-to-use HR artifacts designed to immediately professionalize and standardize HR operations.
Real-world engagements where Metrolabs delivered measurable HR transformation. All client identities are anonymised, but outcomes represent actual results achieved through structured audits, precision diagnostics and strategic remediation.
A multi-location audit uncovered critical non-compliances in statutory filings, documentation, contractor workforce management and payroll structuring.
High payroll inaccuracies driven by incorrect HRMS configuration and insufficient role-based access controls were impacting employee trust and compliance.
Fragmented HR processes across retail stores led to poor documentation, inconsistent onboarding, and high attrition within the first 60 days.
Answers to the most common questions organisations ask before initiating an HR Audit. These insights help clarify expectations, process structure and the value Metrolabs delivers.