HR policies and procedures give guidance on a range of employment issues and help to effectively implement an organisation’s HR strategy.
This factsheet looks at how organisations can benefit from introducing HR policies, the people responsible for developing policies in different-sized organisations, and the types of policies.
This factsheet was last updated by Steve George: Digital Learning Portfolio Manager, HR and Employment Law, CIPD
Steve manages content for all CIPD’s HR and Employment Law learning. He is a CIPD associate member.
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