Set up employment policies for your business

There are many advantages to having suitable employment policies in place. For example, setting standards within your business can help with healthy workplace relations.

Benefits of having employment policies

Other advantages of having employment policies can include:

• a reduction in the need for disciplinary and legal action
• increased productivity and morale
• better employee retention
• employees know what is expected of them
• protection from breaches of employment legislation
• a framework where a delegation of decision-making is equitably agreed upon can maintain morale
• providing a means of communicating information to new employees

Clear policy making can also be positive for your business' reputation externally, eg among clients and the local community.

Having suitable policies in place can also make it easier to attract new staff.

To access templates for workplace policies that you can download, tailor, and use, see HR documents and templates.

Employment document toolkit

The Labour Relations Agency (LRA) also has a free employment document toolkit, once employers are registered they can unlock free core employment guides to help them build documents, policies, and procedures for their own organisation.