The document provides a checklist for employee inductions with 7 key steps: 1) Prepare to welcome the new employee. 2) Introduce them to colleagues while giving a tour of the office. 3) Cover important elements such as right to work documents, contracts, company information, health and safety, and job responsibilities. 4) Have the employee sign the induction checklist. 5) Provide any required training. 6) Allow the employee to shadow colleagues to learn how the company works and determine further training needs. 7) After completion, allow the employee to ask questions and check in on their progress to support productivity.

1. Employee Inductions:
A Checklist
A guide by:

2. 1. First things first...
Make sure you’re ready
Make sure that you’re prepared to welcome
the new employee when they arrive.
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3. 2. Show them around
Introduce them to colleagues as
you walk them around the office.
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4. 3. Spend time covering key elements
33 Check documents to ensure they have a right to
work in the UK
33 Provide their contract of employment
33 General housekeeping (location of kitchen etc,)
33 Company background & structure
33 Health & Safety
33 Adjusting their display screen equipment and
sitting position
33 Employee’s role and responsibilities
33 Company work standards/expectations
33 HR processes
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5. 4. Ask them to sign your checklist
If you have an induction checklist, this is
when you ask them to sign it, stating you
have covered all of the previous steps.
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6. 5. Put into place any training
For example, manual handling skills might
help you to avoid any issues with Health &
Safety - and are in fact required by law if
the employee will be lifting etc.
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7. 6. Time to let them work
You may wish the employee shadows a
colleague in their department, so that they
can get an idea of how your company works.
During this period, think also about what
tasks you can set them, which might help
you decide what on-the-job training they
need too...
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8. 7. After inductions...
When your induction is complete, don’t
think you should just leave the employee
completely alone!
33 Give the employee a chance to ask you
questions, and even make mistakes -
providing a supportive and constructive
environment will help their productivity
33 Make an effort to informally ‘check in’ on
how the employee is progressing. No need
to be too formal!
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