Policy and Procedure Review and Preparation

For any company, working policies and procedures are fundamental to the employment relationship; without them, the task of managing employees is reduced to a dangerous game of chance.  On the other hand, simply having a set of rules is not nearly enough.  An employer’s policies and procedures will often cause more harm than good unless they are clearly written, widely disseminated, generally understood, consistently enforced, compliant with federal and state law, and designed to avoid some of the more predictable employment liability hazards. 

Alaska HR Consulting can create your policy and procedure manuals from a blank slate or we can revise and improve on whatever you may already have in place. Sometimes it is only a particular type of policy that is causing concern such as leave or benefit policies, sexual harassment policies, grievance procedures or compensation policies.  For other companies, the issue may relate more to hiring procedures such as using an essential job function analysis to avoid discrimination claims or knowing when and how to conduct pre-employment testing that will not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.  Whatever the concern, Alaska HR Consulting can help you make sure your policies and procedures are helping rather than hurting.