Dear Navjot,
Context: First and foremost, as your MD to clearly set the context of the task he/she is assigning to you. I must say a policy is not just a document dictating rules and procedures. The entire business must be involved, top to bottom.
Stakeholders engagement: Try to hear from teams, the production, the sales, the security, finance, etc. Arrange session with them and tell them your intention to create a policy and be specific on the areas you think the policy must cover. The union (if any) is another group that is key to engage, other wise the policy implementation will not be easy.
Minimum legislation: Check with your countries labor laws and any other regulations on employment relationships. This will help you to set the company standards, not conflicting with what the state laws postulate.
Policy or Manual? I think a HR Manual is merely a compilation of all HR policies. You need to start with specific policies e.g. Recruitment and manning policy, Leave policy, Disciplinary policy & procedure, Pay policy, Policy on Women, etc. There after you may want to put everything in one document, there is when you will need to make a HR Manual.
Most importantly, Engage people. You can not do it all alone, trust me!
Cheers,
Dominic Marandu
HR Officer
Anglo Gold Ashanti
Tanzania
Context: First and foremost, as your MD to clearly set the context of the task he/she is assigning to you. I must say a policy is not just a document dictating rules and procedures. The entire business must be involved, top to bottom.
Stakeholders engagement: Try to hear from teams, the production, the sales, the security, finance, etc. Arrange session with them and tell them your intention to create a policy and be specific on the areas you think the policy must cover. The union (if any) is another group that is key to engage, other wise the policy implementation will not be easy.
Minimum legislation: Check with your countries labor laws and any other regulations on employment relationships. This will help you to set the company standards, not conflicting with what the state laws postulate.
Policy or Manual? I think a HR Manual is merely a compilation of all HR policies. You need to start with specific policies e.g. Recruitment and manning policy, Leave policy, Disciplinary policy & procedure, Pay policy, Policy on Women, etc. There after you may want to put everything in one document, there is when you will need to make a HR Manual.
Most importantly, Engage people. You can not do it all alone, trust me!
Cheers,
Dominic Marandu
HR Officer
Anglo Gold Ashanti
Tanzania