Firstly, it is important that the human resource department have good quality organisational skills, the reason for this is because they will be coming across and handling the employee’s personal information and details. The way Lidl could make sure that they keep their colleagues details and safe is by backing up the details, this way if they lose the documents they will always have another copy. Furthermore, if they put folders and put passwords onto them then it will prevent any of the vital information from getting into the wrong hands. This is important to manage and make sure that the information does not get into the wrong hands the reason for this is because they are under the Data Protection Act. If Lidl give the information out to other businesses then there will be serious consequences. First of all, they will lose most of their colleagues if not all, I believe this because once they have given out their colleagues information out it shows that they are not trustworthy enough to keep working for Lidl. It is important make sure that their data is secure. This way it will prevent any data or information, such as, phone numbers or home address. If the Lidl is caught that they have been giving personal information or data out, they could be fined up to £500,000 by the Information Commissioners Office. Another consequence is that the business can be take away from you and on top of this the business brand name will be damaged. Lastly, they have to know how to use computers effectively (good IT skills), this is because the Human Resource department will be creating, producing and analysing reports and graphs to show where Lidl and each of the workers are at.