How to Develop Essential HR Policies and Procedures

For HR professionals, one critical need stands out above all the others: Your organization must adopt crystal-clear policies and procedures and develop a mechanism for making sure they are applied consistently and fairly. In addition to the crucial safety net that they provide against potential problems, solid policies and procedures benefit your organization by:* Establishing clear communication between the company and its employees* Forming a basis for treating all employees fairly and equally* Serving as guidelines for supervisors and managers* Creating a starting point for employee handbooks* Providing a benchmark for reviewing how potential changes will affect employees* Forming a context for supervisor training and employee orientation programsBut has anyone really told you how to do it yet Has anyone given you the step-by-step instructions, myriad forms, and adaptable sample documents that will be the foundation of a comprehensive company manual How to Develop Essential HR Policies and Procedures gives you all that and more. This is a professional's resource that can be used to improve existing policies, fill gaps, or build a set of policies and procedures from the ground up.Part One of the book offers comprehensive assessment tools to help you identify what policies and procedures your particular organization needs, and helps you set up a manageable, repeatable process for creating them. There is also crucial information about laws and regulations and how to reconcile your policies and procedures to them.Part Two takes you step-by-step through the processes of creating and getting approval for general statements of policy and procedure, then moving forward with the writing and approval of the policies and procedures in their entirety. You can use this process and the sample format whether you are starting from scratch or from your existing materials.Part Three enumerates many of the general and specific areas in which you may need to develop policies and procedures, and provides important questions that must be addressed as you develop documents in each area. Topics covered include:Internal and external hiring * compensation and benefits * performance evaluation and improvement * equal treatment * attendance and time away from work * code of conduct and terms of employment * training and development * grievance resolution * discipline and termination * and other significant areas and procedures, administering them consistently, and keeping them up to date as company and legal requirements change.Your company needs a reliable set of fair and clear policies and procedures, and your employees need to know that their rights are safeguarded and equal to those of their colleagues. How to Develop Essential HR Policies and Procedures is the definitive tool for ensuring the mutual success of the organization and its people.Includes CD-ROM with sample policies and procedures ready to use or adapt in any organization.
Author: McConnell, John H.

Publisher: AMACOM

Binding: Hardcover

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0814408273

ISBN-13: 9780814408278