Personnel Policy Handbook
How to Develop a Manual That Works
Published on 1. June 1993
Book
Hardback
582 pages
978-0-07-030833-6 (ISBN)
Description
Here's a guide for all managers charged with creating and updating their company's human resource policy manuals. This definitive handbook not only covers all areas of employee relations, it also tackles the full range of critical contemporary HR issues, such as AIDS, substance abuse, and chemical safety. Managers can take advantage of "how-to" istructions to organize and write a manual, timesaving checklists and worksheets, and invaluable tips on how to write personnel policies that lead to clear understanding and interpretation. Alerting the reader to legal pitfalls, the handbook covers employment policies, leaves of absence, pay, discipline and discharge, benefits, union relations, and more. Plus, its 100 helpful illustrations include sample forms, flow charts and a complete sample policy manual.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
39 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 196 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
1202 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-030833-6 (9780070308336)
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Content
Part I: Planning and Preparation.
Why Prepare Personnel Policies? The Contract Controversy.
Getting Started: Organizing Your Policy Project to Achieve Results.
Competitive Practices: What is Everybody Else Doing? Avoiding Legal Pitfalls.
Writing Your Policy Manual.
Part II: Policy Development Guidelines.
Hiring, Promoting, and Other Employment Policies.
Define Work Hours, Set Employee Schedules, and Control Attendance.
Planning and Administering Leaves of Absence.
Pay, Performance, and Other Compensation Policies.
Discipline, Discharge, Retirements, and Other Separations.
Holidays, Vacations, and Other Employee Benefits.
Employee and Union Relations: Policies to Motivate the Workforce.
Controlling Use of Telephones, Protecting Confidentiality, Setting Dress Codes, Handling Related Administrative Issues.
Miscellaneous Policy Issues: Safety, Hazard Communication, Security, Sanitation, and Others.
Current Issues: Addressing Workplace Drug Abuse, Smoking, Disability Accommodation, Etc.
Part III: Auditing Your Policy Manual.
Personnel Policy Audit: A Comprehensive 50-Item Checklist.
Employee Handbook Audit: A Comprehensive 50-Item Cheklist.
Part IV: Implementing Your Policy Manual.
Publishing Ideas and Suggestions.
Distributing and Updating Your Policy Manual.
Appendices: A: Sample Employee Handbook.
B: Topic List for Personnel Policy Manual.
Why Prepare Personnel Policies? The Contract Controversy.
Getting Started: Organizing Your Policy Project to Achieve Results.
Competitive Practices: What is Everybody Else Doing? Avoiding Legal Pitfalls.
Writing Your Policy Manual.
Part II: Policy Development Guidelines.
Hiring, Promoting, and Other Employment Policies.
Define Work Hours, Set Employee Schedules, and Control Attendance.
Planning and Administering Leaves of Absence.
Pay, Performance, and Other Compensation Policies.
Discipline, Discharge, Retirements, and Other Separations.
Holidays, Vacations, and Other Employee Benefits.
Employee and Union Relations: Policies to Motivate the Workforce.
Controlling Use of Telephones, Protecting Confidentiality, Setting Dress Codes, Handling Related Administrative Issues.
Miscellaneous Policy Issues: Safety, Hazard Communication, Security, Sanitation, and Others.
Current Issues: Addressing Workplace Drug Abuse, Smoking, Disability Accommodation, Etc.
Part III: Auditing Your Policy Manual.
Personnel Policy Audit: A Comprehensive 50-Item Checklist.
Employee Handbook Audit: A Comprehensive 50-Item Cheklist.
Part IV: Implementing Your Policy Manual.
Publishing Ideas and Suggestions.
Distributing and Updating Your Policy Manual.
Appendices: A: Sample Employee Handbook.
B: Topic List for Personnel Policy Manual.