Human Resources Policies

Human Resources (HR) Policies are an important and essential part of any successful start-up, small business or larger business. It can be a momentous and challenging task to write up HR policies and procedures from scratch, even as a HR professional who has a previous template to help them, but if you don’t have a previous template and you’re not HR savvy, where do you start?

It can all be too easy to adopt a ‘maňana’ attitude towards writing up your official HR policies and procedures, especially if you manage a start-up, a small business or even a larger business. In business we all have other, more ‘so-called’ important and pressing things to take care of. It is possible you just have a small team and just want to keep the present business environment all things friendly and informal.

The trust between the employer and the employees is most important, but not having clear and transparent guidelines is guaranteed to eventually lead to problems due to misunderstandings and perceived norms. It is best to be proactive towards formalising your HR policies and procedures, rather than being reactive when issues suddenly arise. It is important as an employer you protect your rights and your business, by providing clear and transparent guidelines, and complement any formal policies and procedures you may already have, to your employees

What are HR Policies? These are formal rules and guidelines that businesses put in place to manage their employees. Good policies will establish a clear and transparent understanding of the employer’s expectations, rules and standards for employees, while also protecting employer’s rights.

How do you create an organisation where talented employees want to stay and future talent wants to join, well, you make sure as an organisation you increase the HR Brand Selling (HRBS) of your organisation.

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