HR Data Protection and POPIA Compliance for Employee Records

Employee files, payroll data and recruitment records are among the most sensitive personal information any African organisation holds. This programme shows HR teams how to process, store and share people data lawfully under POPIA and comparable data protection laws across the continent. Delegates leave able to run an HR data audit, tighten access controls and respond confidently to a data subject request.

What you will be able to do

Map the personal information HR collects across the employee lifecycle.
Apply lawful processing conditions to recruitment, payroll and wellness data.
Design retention and destruction schedules for employee records.
Respond to data subject access, correction and deletion requests.
Control third party access from payroll bureaus and benefit administrators.
Handle a suspected HR data breach and notification process.

Course outline

01Personal information across the employee lifecycle
02Lawful processing conditions for HR data
03Consent, special personal information and wellness records
04Retention schedules and secure destruction
05Access controls and role based permissions
06Handling data subject requests
07Managing payroll bureaus and third party processors
08HR data breach response and notification

Who should attend

HR administrators, HR managers, payroll officers and information officers responsible for handling employee personal information.

Dates, venues and fees

Dates	Venue	Days	Fee
17 to 18 Aug 2026	Accra	2	US$1,100
24 to 25 Aug 2026	Lusaka	2	US$1,100
31 Aug to 1 Sep 2026	Kigali	2	US$1,100
7 to 8 Sep 2026	Nairobi	2	US$1,100
14 to 15 Sep 2026	Durban	2	R10,000
21 to 22 Sep 2026	Johannesburg	2	R10,000
5 to 6 Oct 2026	Mauritius	2	US$1,100
12 to 13 Oct 2026	Dubai	2	US$1,100
19 to 20 Oct 2026	Lagos	2	US$1,100
26 to 27 Oct 2026	Harare	2	US$1,100
2 to 3 Nov 2026	Kampala	2	US$1,100
9 to 10 Nov 2026	Dar es Salaam	2	US$1,100
16 to 17 Nov 2026	Pretoria	2	R10,000
23 to 24 Nov 2026	Cape Town	2	R10,000
7 to 8 Dec 2026	Online	2	US$900
14 to 15 Dec 2026	Mozambique	2	US$1,100
21 to 22 Dec 2026	Cairo	2	US$1,100

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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We can run HR Data Protection and POPIA Compliance for Employee Records privately for your team, on your dates and built around your own systems. Group delivery is usually more cost effective from about six delegates.

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