Develop and evaluate HR policies

This standard is about developing and evaluating HR policies for your organisation. It includes designing the policies in accordance with organisational strategy, people-centric Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), legal and ethical requirements, agreeing policies with stakeholders and evaluating policies against agreed success criteria.

This standard is for HR professionals who are involved in the development and evaluation of HR policies.

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1. collate all existing policies and evaluate them against organisational needs and objectives
2. identify the factors which indicate the need to review the policies
3. assess the impact of the policies on organisational structures, employees, customers and end users
4. design HR policies in accordance with the relevant strategies and ethical requirements
5. align the policies with all legal requirements, codes of practice and align with people-centric KPIs
6. consult with key stakeholders to agree or amend the policies
7. communicate plans for the policies across the whole organisation
8. work within the agreed budgets and timescales
9. define and agree the success criteria for evaluation of HR policies
10. establish when the policies will be evaluated and reviewed
11. monitor continued compliance with legal, ethical requirements and codes of practice
12. develop training and development plan in accordance with organisational requirements
13. collect valid and comprehensive data, including feedback from stakeholders
14. evaluate the policies against the agreed success criteria
15. make recommendations to amend or maintain the policies

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1. your organisational strategies, values, goals and objectives
2. the sectors in which your organisation operates and the market factors impacting on its performance
3. the sources of specialist information and expertise and how to access it
4. how human resource levers drive organisational performance
5. how to identify and assess trends, influences and other factors driving changes in policies
6. the legal, ethical requirements and codes of practice
7. how to assess and mitigate the risks of introducing changes to policies
8. the key factors that influence the design of policies
9. your organisation’s people-centric KPIs
10. how to develop policies that will govern and guide organisational performance
11. how to align policies with your organisation’s goals and objectives
12. how to identify the costs and benefits of developing policies
13. the aspects of the policies that are likely to meet with objections and methods to resolve these
14. how to identify and involve key stakeholders
15. the methods of stakeholder management and engagement
16. how to summarise and present information and proposals to decision-makers
17. how to select and apply appropriate data collection and analysis techniques
18. how to evaluate quantitative and qualitative information against the agreed success criteria
19. how to summarise and present data in accordance with legislative requirements
20. the recommendations for amending or maintaining the policies
21. the principles of agility, continuous improvement and business partnering needs
22. the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) practices
23. the relevant data protection regulation

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2030

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Current

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Original

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Instructus

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CFAHR6

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Personnel, Training and Industrial Relations Managers , Personnel and industrial relations officers

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4136

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Human resources; HR; HR policies; evaluate; development

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