Staff Manuals are vitally important in underlying the philosophy of an organisation, the policy, what the policy hopes to accomplish and the organisations core mission and values. Procedure on the other hand includes the steps necessary to comply with the policy, with enough detail that end users will readily understand how to comply with the policy mandates.
Areas where policies are commonly established include:
- Code of Conduct
- Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest
- Attendance and Operating Hours including Over-Time
- Termination
- Recruitment
- Remuneration
- Privacy
- Sick leave
- Annual leave
- Family responsibility leave
- Maternity leave
- Unpaid Leave
- Grievance procedures
- Disciplinary Code
- Discrimination and Harassment
- Health and Safety
- Workplace Violence
- Alcohol and Drug Use Policy
- Use of Company Equipment
- General policy on the review and update of policies