CIHRM to enforce strict compliance with HR standards, regulations

By Christabel DANSO ABEAM

The Chartered Institute of Human Resource, Ghana (CIHRM) has announced full activation and strict enforcement of its regulatory mandate under the Chartered Institute of Human Resource (HR) Management Act, 2020 (Act 1020), declaring that it is unlawful to practice human resource management in Ghana without being registered.

This announcement was made at a press conference held in Accra as part of the Institute’s nationwide education and sensitisation campaign aimed at ensuring compliance among HR practitioners, HR consultants, HR freelancers and organisations providing HR-related services in Ghana.

CIHRM, as the HR profession’s sole legally mandated regulator in the country, is empowered under Act, 1020 to promote professional training in HR management and regulate the practice of HR nationwide. The Institute is also required by law to establish and maintain a comprehensive register of qualified HR practitioners and service providers.

Addressing media, president of the Institute Mrs. Florence Hutchful emphasised the era of unregulated HR management had resulted in non-professionals occupying key roles.

“This has contributed to weak industrial relations, limited strategic contribution of HR to business growth and avoidable organisational disruption,” she stressed.

Mrs. Hutchful noted that with activation and strict enforcement of Act 1020, non-compliance will no longer be permitted in the HR space – adding that accountability, compliance and professionalism will be embedded in all facets of the HR profession in Ghana.

With immediate effect, all HR practitioners, consultants, freelancers and firms offering HR-related services are required to register with the Institute to ensure compliance.

The deadline for registration has been set for May 29, 2026.

“The era of unregulated HR practice is over. Non-compliance will attract sanctions as provided under the law,” the Institute’s president warned.

Dr. Francis Eduku, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Institute, also underscored that people-management is an applied science with a distinct body of knowledge that demands rigour, ethics and accountability – not intuition or guesswork.

He also raised concern over the proliferation of individuals offering HR consultancy services without formal education, training or certification in the HR field, stressing that growing use of artificial intelligence tools has further complicated the landscape.

Dr. Eduku reiterated that “HR work in Ghana shall be performed by trained, certified and regulated practitioners”.

The CEO further stated that the Council for CIHRM has developed a framework for registering HR solution providers, grouping them into categories A, B, C, D, E and F – disclosing these categories will include multinational HR firms operating in Ghana, local HR firms with foreign partnerships and local HR consultancy firms including HR freelancers and individual consultants.

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