Frequency of Audit            

Usually top management thinks of personnel audit only while serious crisis occurs as strikes, increase in the number and/or magnitude of conflicts or grievances, etc. This kind of audit is just similar to post-mortem of the situation. But a usual programme of auditing helps the management to search some significant trends. The possibility of some serious incidents hitting the organisation could he visualised and some corrective steps could be initiated. It ensures smooth running of an organisation additionally to controlling stressful situations, conflicts and crises.

Therefore the management ought to arrange for regular annual audit of almost all of the personnel practices and policies. Certain indicators as absenteeism and employees' grievances should be audited at the ending of every month/quarter based upon the magnitude of the issues.