The human resource (HR) Department is a major part of any organization playing the important roles in performance management. HR departments focus on meeting the needs of all employees and making sure they have a safe work environment. Some of the roles and functions of the human resources department is to provide strategic planning and functional support for the organization and other departments within this organization. Other roles done by the human resources department are discussed in this paper to include hiring, training, compensation, and benefits. Human Resources department is responsible for the hiring of new employees and the transfer of current employees to other departments of the organization. During the hiring process HR is responsible for collating and posting of most vacant jobs available within the organization. Job description is one of the functional support roles by HR. Recruiters use job descriptions to screen and identify viable candidates for the available jobs. During recruitment processing the HR department ensures that the available candidate has the skill and experience to perform the job if hired (Mayhew). Once a new employee comes to work, these job descriptions are put in the employees personnel file and is what managers refer to when performing annual job evaluations. Training is another responsibility that comes from the human resources department. During the initial hiring of new employee, initial training should take place. This training would cover basic company policy and procedures, infection control requirements for RNs, Lab, and other employees. Risk management is another department that would be a part of this training to ensure the understanding that they are to provide quality of care and patient safety. Human Resource is also responsible for compensation and benefits are offered to an employee. These