Human Resources Governance and Compliance: Essentials of Policies and Guidelines

Abstract

This chapter covers how to professionally manage HR policies and guidelines within a company to ensure regulation of crucial HR processes, how to create transparency toward management and employees, and how to ideally also foster company culture by means of involvement and responsibility of all parties. Policy management should be seen as an integral and continuous process within every company rather than an archiving system that is not accessible or understandable to the employees. Policies are not static; they are always based on local legislation and to some extent cultural specifics but will also change with time. For example, 30 years ago it was not uncommon to drink at the workplace; thus no regulations were needed regarding consumption of alcohol. Today it is standard to regulate/prohibit any kind of alcohol and drugs during worktime and make this clear and transparent to all employees to comply accordingly.