Sample Human Resources Policies and Procedures

Looking for policy samples? Do you need sample checklists, procedures, forms, and examples of Human Resources and business tools to manage your workplace to create successful employees? These samples are provided for your personal use in your workplace, not for professional publications.

You may adapt these samples for your organization's needs. It is helpful to have a sample policy when you are ready to create your own.

While every organization has different needs, different priorities, and different guidelines they need to guide employee behavior, these samples give you a base on which you can build the policies for your organization.

Take a look to see the recommended sample policies that don't sap employee spirits and steal their lives and private time. These policies, procedures, and checklists successfully recognize the limit between providing employees proper guidance for appropriate behavior at work and draw a line between that and employee lives outside of the workplace.  

Contact TheBalance.com to inquire about use of the samples for publication or any other use. Need an HR glossary? See the Human Resources Glossary of Terms. The terms defined provide a definition and much more about how you can implement the defined concept within your own organization.

• Absenteeism and Tardiness Policy
• Access to Personnel Records
• Amendments to Handbook Policy Sample
• The Americans With Disabilities Act Requirements
• Application Acknowledgement Sample Letter
• Application for Internal Job Opportunities
• Applicant for Jobs: Job Candidate Evaluation Form
• Armed Services Leave Policy
• Attendance Policy Samples for Hourly Employees
• At-Will Employment Sample Policy
• Award Letter Samples

• Benefits Options
• Benefits Package: Comprehensive Components
• Bereavement Leave Policy
• Blogging and Social Media Policy Sample
• Breaks and Lunch Requirements
• Breast Feeding Accommodation Policy
• Business Casual Dress Code
• Business Casual Dress Code: Manufacturing and Office

• Candidate Evaluation Form
• Candidate Job Offer Letter Samples
• Candidate Rejection Letter Samples
• Career Development Plan Steps
• Casual Dress Code: Manufacturing and Office
• Cell Phone Policy
• Code of Conduct Outline
• Concealed Weapons Policy
• Confidentiality Agreement
• Counseling Record for Disciplinary Warning Form
• Cover Letter Sample for HR Generalist Job
• Cover Letter Sample for HR Manager Job
• Cover Letter Sample for Review

• Progressive Discipline
• Discipline Warning Form: Counseling Record for Disciplinary Warning
• Dress Code: Business Casual
• Dress Code: Relaxed, Casual
• Dress Code Casual: Manufacturing and Office
• Dress Code: Customer Interaction and Trade Shows
• Dress Code: Formal, Professional
• Dress Code: Letter to Introduce a Dress Code to Employees
• Dress Codes: Simple Samples
• Dress Codes: Simple Samples for the Workplace
• Dress Code: Smart Casual
• Drug-free Workplace (Policy Components)
• Drug Testing/Screening Policy Development

• Email and Internet Sample Policy
• Employee Handbook Acknowledgement of Receipt
• Employee Handbook Introduction and Purpose
• Employee Handbook - Table of Contents
• Employee Introduction Sample
• Employee Medical File Contents
• Employee Payroll File Contents
• Employee Personnel File Contents
• Employee Reprimand Sample
• Employee Self Evaluation Form
• Employment at Will Sample Policy
• Employment Discrimination Guidelines
• Employment Ending Checklist and Form
• Employment References Policy Sample
• Employment Verification Sample Letter

• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Fraternization Policy
• Funeral Leave

• Gift Policy
• Dictionary of Terms: Glossary

• Handbook Acknowledgement of Receipt
• Handbook Introduction
• Handbook Table of Contents
• Handbooks
• Harassment Policy: Aids/HIV
• Harassment Investigation Steps
• Health and Safety and Environmental
• Hiring Checklist
• Hiring Forms
• Human Resources Assistant Job Description Sample
• Human Resources Director Job Description Sample
• Human Resources Generalist Job Description Sample
• Human Resources Manager Job Description Sample
• Human Resources Recruiter Job Description Sample
• Human Resources Letters (Samples)
• HR Records Access by Employees

• Ice Breaker Samples
• I-9 Form: Employment Eligibility for Employers
• Initial Phone Screen
• Internal Job Application
• Internet and Email Policy
• Interviewing Checklist (Steps in the Interview Process)
• Interview Question Samples for HR Jobs
• Interview Questions Samples
• Introduction of New Employee Sample Letters
• Investigation Steps

• Job Application: Internal Transfer
• Job Description Sample: Human Resources Assistant
• Job Description Sample: Human Resources Director
• Job Description Sample: Human Resources Generalist
• Job Description Sample: Human Resources Manager
• Job Description Sample: Human Resources Recruiter
• Job Description Sample: Manager
• Job Interview Question Samples
• Job Offer Samples
• Job Plan Template
• Job Specification Sample: Human Resources Director
• Job Specification Sample: Marketing Manager
• Jury Duty Policy

• Lactation Accommodation Policy
• Letter of Reprimand Sample
• Letters of Resignation: Samples for a Variety of Reasons
• Manager Job Description
• Medical File Contents

• New Employee Introduction Sample
• New Employee Welcome Letter
• Noncompete Agreement Components Defined
• Non-Disclosure Agreement Components Defined
• Non-exempt Classification / Exempt Classification
• No Smoking Policy

• Office Planning Feedback
• Open Door Policy: Policy Sample
• Open Door Policies

• Paid Holiday Schedule
• Paid Personal Days Policy
• Paid Sick Days Policy
• Paid Time Off (PTO) Policy Sample
• Paid Vacation Days Policy
• Payroll File Contents
• Performance Development Plan Form
• Performance Improvement Plan
• Performance Management Process Checklist
• Personnel File Policy
• Personnel File Access Policy
• Personnel File Contents
• Phone (Cell) Policy Sample for Workplaces
• Phone Screening: Initial Telephone Interview
• Policy Receipt Acknowledgement Sample
• Progressive Discipline Steps
• Progressive Discipline Warning Form

• Race: Applicant Self-Identification Form
• Recognition Letters Samples
• Recommendation Letter Samples
• Records: Employee Access to Personnel Records
• Recruitment Planning Checklist
• Reference Checking Format
• References Policy Sample
• Rejection Letter Samples
• Reprimand Sample
• Resignation Letter Samples
• Resume Cover Letter Sample
• Resume Sample: Why This Resume Rocks
• Retirement Letter Sample
• Retirement Recognition Letter Sample

• Screening Telephone Interview
• Self Evaluation Form
• Sexual Harassment Complaint: How to Address
• Sick Leave Policy
• Smart Casual Dress Code
• Smoke-Free Workplace Policy
• Social Media and Blogging Policy Sample
• Space Planning Feedback

• Tardiness and Absenteeism Policy
• Team Norms Sample
• Telephone Screening Format
• Telephone Use Policy for a Manufacturing Facility
• Termination Checklist and Form
• Termination Letters Samples
• Thank You Letters Samples

• Uniformed Services Leave Policy (USERRA)
• Vacation Days Policy

• Weapons (Concealed) Sample Policy
• Welcome Letter Sample for New Employees
• Welcome Letter Sample
• Written Reprimand Sample

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