This document discusses workplace policies and outlines their importance and benefits. It defines a workplace policy as a formal policy instituted by management to set clear boundaries for employees and employers. Establishing policies provides a framework for how an organization operates by defining what the organization does and how. Policies fall under categories like governing, operational and administrative. They help ensure standards of behavior and performance are followed, set guidelines for routine decision making, and allow for consistent treatment of employees. Having clear policies offers protection from legal issues and a means to communicate expectations to new employees. Good policies are written, understood by all affected parties, stable over time, consistent across an organization, sincere in intentions, and realistic given current conditions.

1. WORKPLACE POLICIES

2. Radhika Sandamali
GROUP

3. A workplace policy is a formal policy which is instituted by the
management or owners of a business. By convention, workplace
policies are clearly written up in employee handbooks or notices, and
employees may be required to sign slips indicating that they have
received the policy and they understand it. Establishing workplace
policies is important for a business of any size, as it sets clear
boundaries, protecting both employees and employers.
INTRODUCTION

4. Policies and procedures provide the framework within which an
organization operates. They define what your organization does and
how you do it. clear policies and procedures support effective
decision making and delegation because they provide guidelines on
what people can and cannot do, what decisions they can make and
what activities are appropriate.
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

6. Governing policies
Operational policies
Administrative policies
POLICY CATEGORIES

8. • They help employees know what is expected of them with respect to
standards of behavior and performance.
• They set rules and guidelines for decision-making in routine situations so that
employees and managers do not need to continually ask senior managers
what to do.
• They help you to adopt a consistent and clear response across the company
to continually refer to situations involving employee interaction.
• They allow you to demonstrate good faith that employees will be treated fairly
and equally.
• They allow you to have an accepted method of dealing with complaints and
misunderstandings in place to help avoid favoritism.
• They set a framework for delegation of decision making.
• They give you a means of communicating information to new employees.
• They offer you protection from breaches of employment legislation, such as
equal opportunity laws.
ADVANTAGES OF HAVING WORKPLACE
POLICIES

9. Policies must be known and understood by all who are affected
by them. Written policies are most effective because they are spell
out what organization members should or should not do under a
given situation.
Policies should be stable. If policies are to serve as guides
to actions, they should not be changed frequently. Careful study
should therefore taken in formulating policies.
Policies must be consistent within the company at all levels and
departments of the organization.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD POLICY

10. Policies must be sincere. Policies are public pronouncement of the
philosophy and beliefs of the company. The wording of policies
should include real intention, otherwise, they become mere writings
on paper and meaningless in practice.
Policies must be realistic. Present situations or conditions must be
considered if policy statements are to be implemented. They should
not be a mere statement of ideals and commitments which cannot be
implemented if conditions were different.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD POLICY

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