Types of Business Tools for Compliance Integration

Deciding which types of business tools for compliance integration matter is simpler than a vendor list suggests. Connect whatever holds evidence of an obligation.

That usually means the HR system, which holds who works here and on what terms. Payroll, which holds what was paid. The learning platform, which holds training. Policy management, which holds acknowledgements. Incident and risk systems. Asset and access records. And identity management, which decides who can see what.

Two of those get forgotten. Access records, because they sit with IT and nobody thinks of them as compliance evidence. And asset records, until somebody leaves.

The test for whether a tool belongs in the integration is whether you would need something out of it to answer a regulator.

The Fair Work Ombudsman covers records that must be produced. This is general information rather than legal advice, and obligations vary by state and territory.

See Sentrient’s workplace compliance system and records management software.