Who handles the HR function in your business? If you are a small company it may be the Office Manager or the bookkeeper. Basically it seems to fall to anyone who handles the bills.
I know that I was in charge of the HR function when I worked at a couple of companies. I was not the right person. I had no training and was not allowed to get any. Not that I would have known where to look for something competent.
Because of the past, I do what I can to stay on top of the ever changing HR laws. My attorney’s office had a seminar on the changes to the Illinois laws. I signed up immediately. A client subscribes to a service and they let me read the updates. I do what I can to assist my clients.
One client had just prepared their HR manual and was presenting it in the meeting that we were all attending. I was given a copy at the beginning of the meeting and I asked the Office Manager why they left out a couple of sections?
The office manager was unaware of the need to cover the sections, but where able to cover in the meeting that this was now a first draft and that they wanted to make sure the employees had a part in the evolution of the process. I thought that whet over rather well all things considered.
I wrote or rewrote someone else’s HR manual for my office. When done I sent it to my attorney who was surprised on the quality and in one section gave me some more verbiage for greater protection. He as an HR attorney had no other changes.
Figure out who should be the handler of the HR function. Make sure that they have a resource to ask questions of. Make sure that manuals, policies and procedures are reviewed on a regular basis. Audit employee files to make sure that everything is there according to the checklist.
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