The Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management, Ghana (CIHRM), has announced the full activation and strict enforcement of its regulatory mandate under the Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management Act, 2020 (Act 1020).
The announcement was made at a press conference held in Accra as part of the Institute’s nationwide education and sensitization campaign aimed at ensuring compliance among HR practitioners, HR consultants, HR freelancers, and organisations providing HR-related services in Ghana.
CIHRM, as the sole legally mandated regulator of the HR profession in Ghana, is empowered under Act 1020 to promote professional training in human resource 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 the media, the President of the Institute, Florence Hutchful, emphasized that the era of unregulated human resource management had given way to a new chapter whereby the Institute has been entrusted with the authority to promote professional training in human resource management and to regulate the practice of human resource management in Ghana.
Mrs. Hutchful stressed that, with the activation and strict enforcement of Act 1020, non-compliance would no longer be permitted in the HR space, adding that accountability, compliance, and professionalism would be embedded in all facets of the HR profession in Ghana.
The President concluded her remarks with a final call to HR practitioners and solution providers: “We are calling on all HR Practitioners, HR Consultants, HR Freelancers, and organizations offering HR-related services to immediately take steps and register with the Institute to ensure compliance with Act 1020.”
The Chief Executive Officer of the Institute, Dr. Francis Eduku, also reiterated that “HR work in Ghana shall be performed by trained, certified, and regulated practitioners,” signaling the new regulatory environment of human resource management in Ghana.
Dr. Eduku stated that the Council had developed a framework for registering HR solution providers, grouping HR service providers into categories A, B, C, D, E, and F.
The CEO of the Institute also hinted that the categories, which would be published in the newspapers and on the Institute’s website, would include multinational HR firms operating in Ghana, local HR firms with foreign partnerships, and local HR consultancy firms, including HR freelancers and individual consultants.
Dr. Eduku reminded HR practitioners and solution providers that “It is a breach of Act 1020 to perform HR functions in Ghana if you are not a registered member of the Institute and not in good standing,” warning existing and prospective HR practitioners and consulting firms to regularise their status with the Institute.
The Institute’s CEO stressed that 29th May, 2026, has been set as the deadline for registration and appealed to all HR practitioners and service providers to register before the deadline.
The Vice-President of CIHRM, Dorothy Asare brought the program to an end with a closing remarks, urging all HR Professionals to register and the Institute and be in good standing. Present at the ceremony were council members and some members of the Institute and the media.
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