Chapter #7 will review in detail the ins and outs of Employee Handbooks and Policy Manuals. We will dive into Sugar Rush more with regards to the following questions for you to respond to: Student Res

HRM545: POLICY FORMATION TEMPLATE

HR Policies communicate an organization’s culture, values, and philosophy. They cover what employees can expect from the organization, what the company expects from employees and what customers and the community can expect from the organization.

Policy Purpose

What is the overarching reach or purpose of the policy?

Scope

Who does the policy apply to? Most, if not all, HR policies are applicable to all employees of the Company. You can distinguish between part-time and full-time providing your organization maintains these different statuses.

Policy Statement

This is the main body of the policy where HR defines the actual policy and all of the provisions that make up the policy.

Responsibility

This answers the question of who is responsible for the policy. Most often, the statement should identify that the HR Department is responsible for monitoring and enforcing the policy.

Definition

This section would include any definitions of terms used throughout the policy that need to be. For example, if you say full-time employees, that would need to be defined.

Questions

This section refers to whom employees turn to if they have questions pertaining to the policy. In most instances this would be the HR Department.

Reference

This section would indicate if the policy makes reference to other policies held by the company. For example, if you referred to the Harassment Policy, you would reference (see Harassment Policy)

Effective Date

Indicate the effective date of the policy.

Review Date

When is the policy reviewed? This is customarily one year from the effective date.

Approval

Most often the President of the Company approves said policy.