How to Implement HR policy in your Small Business?

How to Implement HR policy in your Small Business?

Every business needs a well written Employee Handbook. ... Employee handbooks are a simple and straightforward manual that outlines the company's policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.

The goal of an employee handbook is to create fair and consistent guidelines that apply equally to all employees in your workplace.

It should be given to everyone who works for you and they should receive adequate time to read and understand it. By making your employee sign this HR policy book, they are committed to abiding by the rules written in the book.

Benefits

HR Policy in business helps to

o Bring Behavioral Change

o Motivate Employees & Increase performance

o Provides Protection against Govt. laws

o Create Rules and Boundaries in the game of business

o Apply Consequences for dis-obeying & wrong actions

o Rewards for all good actions

o Indicate all Do’s and Don’ts in the employment tenure

A well written Employee handbook will be welcomed by employees and employers. It will be a binding document communicating the Rules and Game conditions for employees.

As employees come from a multicultural environment, only common rules can bring in control over the employees. HR policy book is the first step towards it.

How to use it?

HR policies can vary from country to country and region to region, but this is a generic template that is prepared for helping business owners. It can be customized according to your requirements.

The framework offered in MS Word for easy editing- Just insert Company Name, government labour rules & Holidays in your country in required places.

Three simple steps to edit and customize

1. Please insert your Company and relevant detail in replacement to the texts highlighted in Red manually or

2. Simply press Control + A in your PC to select all and Control+F and click Replace All button to replace the texts “Company Name” with your company name “XYZ”

3. All other portions highlighted in Red to be filled by you with the new details

4. Go page number 6 and add the list of Holidays applicable in your country. You can google search and get the Holiday list.

5. Also, edit the Rules & regulations applicable in your country where ever required

6. Insert the COMPANY LAW CODE applicable in your country where ever required

7. This is a general template for the HR Policy book, you are advised to modify according to your requirements.

8. This Hand Book is written to help many entrepreneurs and business owners who have not at all implemented this policy.

HR Policy Implementation

· Yes. It’s done! Congratulations!

· Customize and print as many copies (spiral bound) as required and get all the employees to sign the second page of the book for the acceptance of this policy

· Stay legally protected from Government Labour Laws

· This written document clarifies many disputes which may arise between you and your employees which can save a lot of time

· Employees can refer to this from to time to check on the rules instead of wasting your time or HR time asking questions.

· The policies and procedures are intended to be guides to the Management and employees and are merely descriptive of suggested procedures to be followed. The Company reserves the right to revoke, change or supplement guidelines at any time without notice.

· Please share this with your fellow business owner to get it implemented in their business as well.

Please DOWNLOAD the HR MANUAL.

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