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Policies Of HR Department
What is a Policy?
Plan Of Action
Statement of intentions committing
Management
To a general course of action
Guided by HR principles
Hrm policies
A policy is a predetermined course of action
established as a guide towards accepted objectives
and strategies of the organization.
Developed in light of the mission and objectives of
the company.
They become the media by which managements
plans, rules, intents, and how to run its HR
processes.
HR policies are documented and communicated to
all staf
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Hrm policies
Carefully drafted and standardized policies and
procedures save the company countless hours of
management time.
The consistent use and interpretation of HRM
policies,
in
fair
manner,
reduce
the
managements concern about legal issues
becoming legal problems.
It seems restrictive in nature however, policies
also provide staf with a degree of freedom within
defined boundaries.
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Sample Contents of a
Personnel Policy Manual
Overview and Employment
Relationship
General Employment Information
Attendance at Work
Workplace Professionalism and
Company Representation
Compensation and Benefit
Sample Contents of a
Personnel Policy Manual (contd)
Payroll Information
Benefits
Employee Time Of From Work
Use of Company Equipment and
Electronics
Monitoring in the Workplace
Performance Expectations and Evaluation
Easy to understand
Should be stated in definite, positive,
clear & understandable language
Appropriate number
Not too many, leading to confusion
Not too less, should cover all areas
Reasonable
Capable of being accomplished
Review
Periodically done to keep in tune with changing
times
Appealed policies
Requested by sub-ordinates to meet requirements
of certain peculiar situations
Imposed Policies
Formed by external agencies like govt., trade unions
Specific Policies
Specific issues of hiring, rewarding & bargaining
Written policies
No room for lose interpretation
Implied policies
Inferred from behavior like dress code, gentle tone
3. Specifying alternatives
They should emerge clearly after
collecting relevant data from various
sources
2. Payroll policies
Policy on terms & conditions of employment
compensation policy & methods, hours of work,
overtime, promotion, transfer, lay-of, and the like .
3. Workplace Guidelines:
These policies are quite varied and their purpose
range from defining certain work arrangements such
as flex time and telecommuting to ofering guidelines
on the use of company assets and record retention.