Personnel Policy Development
Boards and executives of centers for independent living and statewide
independent living councils may find the following resources useful in
developing personnel policies and procedures. This list provides a sample
of materials which are currently available and is not intended to be all
inclusive. Descriptions of the materials are from the publishers. We encourage
you to offer feedback on these and any other resources you find useful.
Build A Better Staff, Vol. 1: Hiring, Evaluating and Firing Staff
Members
Jeff Stratton & Darla Struck
Price: $ 148.00
Available at Aspen Publishers, Inc.
www.aspenpub.com ISBN: 0-8342-0403-7
From the publisher: Build a Better Staff : Hiring, Evaluating, and
Firing Staff Members is a ready reference that provides answers to the
most perplexing problems administrators and supervisors face how to hire
staff, how to fire staff, and how to evaluate staff performance.
This resource gives supervisors the essential information needed
to perform their responsibility properly and legally! It is full
of pull out forms and hands-on material to make the supervisor's job easier.
A Company Policy and Personnel Workbook (4th Edition).
Ardella Ramey & Carl R. J Sniffen
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 1555714862
From the publisher: Saves costly consultant or staff hours in creating
company personnel policies. Provides over 70 model policies on topics
such as employee safety, leave of absence, flex time, smoking, substance
abuse, sexual harassment, performance improvement, and grievance procedures.
For each subject, practical and legal ramifications are explained, and
a choice of alternate policies is presented.
Results-Oriented Job Descriptions: More Than 225 Models to Use
or Adapt-With
Guidelines for Creating Your Own.
Roger J. Plachy & Sandra J. Plachy
Price: $65.00
Available at Amazon.com ISBN: 0814478069
From the publisher: The Americans with Disabilities Act requires
we redefine job essentials. This book provides a formula for preparing
job descriptions that emphasize results. It gives users nearly 250
model job descriptions in 24 categories, from accounting and finance to
warehousing, and a firm grasp of the distinction between job duties and
job results. Writing exercises with explanations of do's and don't's are
included.
The Hiring, Firing And Everything in Between Personnel Forms Book
James Jenks
Price : $19.95
Available at Amazon.com ISBN: 0929543246
This book enables a business to put together a comprehensive, forms based
program to deal with the complete range of personnel matters easily and
effectively. All the major areas of personnel management are explained
in a way that anyone can understand, including those with no background
in the field.
More Results-Oriented Job Descriptions: 226 Models to Use or Adapt- With
Guidelines for Creating your Own.
Sandra Plachy & Roger J. Plachy
Price: $ 65.00
Available at Amazon.com ISBN: 0814479618
From the publisher: Good job performance begins with defining the
job properly. When employees don't fully understand their responsibility
and the results they are meant to achieve, the outcome is negative productivity.
More Results-Oriented Job Descriptions is the ultimate resource for the
company wanting to create state-of-the-art job descriptions. It
presents 226 model descriptions covering a wide range of job categories.
Readers can use or adapt the model, or learn to make their own.
And all the descriptions are included on a free, easy to use computer
disk. This book helps any company.
How to Develop an Employee Handbook
Joseph W. R. Lawson, II
Price $75.00
Available at Amazon.com ISBN: 0814479642
From the publisher: One of a company's most important communication
tools is the employee handbook. But creating or revising one can be an
overwhelming job. It must be legally sound, up-to-date, clearly
written, and comprehensive. This ready-to-use guidebook, now in its second
edition, practically writes the handbook by itself! Human resources professionals
will appreciate its: checklists that guide them every step of the way
(and make sure all bases are covered); step-by-step instructions that
make information easy to understand (and help avoid mistakes); more than
400 sample policy statements, all in use by actual companies and ready
to go "as-is" or to revise as needed; plain-English explanations of federal
and state regulations, with practical suggestions for implementation.
How to Develop a Personnel Policy Manual
Joseph W. R. Lawson, II
Price $75.00
Available at Amazon.com ISBN: 0814479634
From the publisher: Putting personnel policies on paper--clearly,
accurately, and legally--is crucial for successful employee relations.
And the classic How to Develop a Personnel Policy Manual has been the
key to making this laborious task as quick, painless, and effective as
possible. Now appearing in a fully updated Sixth Edition, this essential
reference guides HR professionals through the entire process of planning,
developing, and writing the manual. It includes hundreds of sample policies
covering every important topic, from hiring to benefits to termination,
along with planning checklists and synopses of relevant employment laws.
Manual of Personnel Policies, Procedures, and Operations
Joseph D. Levesque
Price $96.00
Available at Amazon.com ISBN: 0130202312
From the publisher: This comprehensive manual is really 4 books
in one. PART I is a ready to use manual of model personnel policies covering
such issues as EEO, hiring, orientation, probation, benefits, termination,
etc. PART 2 provides sample records and forms--from job applications
to time reports and sample letters for use during employee hiring, promotion,
and termination. PART 3 covers laws related to wages, fair employment,
and discrimination. PART 4 provides guidelines for handling all other
HR functions: preparing job descriptions, interviewing, conducting pay
surveys, handling employee evaluations. This 2nd edition is updated in
all areas, especially to include information on the Civil Rights Act of
1991 and the Americans with Disabilities Act and new benefits information
in such areas as family leave.
Model Job Descriptions for Business
Don Morrison
Price $99.00
Available at Amazon.com ISBN: 0927160102
From the publisher: Model Job Descriptions for Business on diskette
includes more than 150 model job descriptions of common position titles,
all written in a "post-ADA" format. The descriptions come in a 4 disk
set, plus a variety of helpful job classification and compliance information
printed in a 3-ring binder. Each sample job description is 3 - 5 pages
in length. Available PC compatible formats include Ms Word, WordPerfect,
or ASCII. This manual and disk set will help general and human resource
managers develop up-to-date post-ADA job descriptions. This is an
excellent manual/disk set for anyone developing job or position descriptions
for business related jobs.
Nonprofit Personnel Policies
John Gillis
Price $170 Loose leaf
Available at Aspen Publishers, ISBN: 0-8342-0410-X
www.aspenpub.com
From the publisher: This loose leaf manual offers sample policies
that you should consider implementing at your nonprofit. They cover a
wide range of situations and can be used to make your nonprofit a more
efficient, productive place to work. We include sample language language
which has been reviewed and approved by legal and management experts that
will cover many of the policy questions you have. You'll want to use this
manual to review your current policy handbook, and to update it where
necessary. It's sure to become one of your most trusted resources! Companion
diskette with forms and policies is available for purchase separately.
Available on IBM compatible and Macintosh disks.
Policies Now 5.0
Knowledge Point
Price: $129.00
Available at Amazon.com
Free trial version available at http://www.hrtools.com/
Product description: Policies Now takes the time-consuming task of writing
legally appropriate employee handbooks and cuts it down to size. Not a
"one-size-fits-all" template, Policies Now lets you customize your policies
to reflect the needs of your unique organization. Its simple, interactive
process gets you up and running in no time. Policies Now provides an overview
of the policy and gives you expert advice about a range of related issues.
This advice is researched by top employee law and HR experts. Then Policies
Now asks you a few key questions, providing guidance all along the way.
Based on your answers, Policies Now actually writes a customized policy.
It's also easy to keep your policies up-to-date with the Policies Now
UpdateService. This optional subscription service provides software updates
at least twice a year so your policies will stay in compliance with the
latest federal laws and court decisions. It also keeps your handbook in
step with evolving HR practices. UpdateService also includes a quarterly
newsletter with articles on the latest legal trends and the practical
side of personnel issues, such as how to implement tough policies.
Performance Now 3.0
Knowledge Point
Price: $129.00
Available at Amazon.com
Free trial version available at http://www.hrtools.com/
Product Description: Performance Now is a remarkable new program that
takes your input and actually writes employee reviews for you--in minutes!
And because Performance Now was designed by human resources and employment-law
experts, you can rest assured
that the reviews you create will be clear, effective, and free of inappropriate
wording. Performance Now uses the tried-and-true "rating/essay" format
that's preferred by 70 percent of businesses in the United States. But
make no mistake, this is in no way "one-size-fits-all" software. Performance
Now gives you the power to customize the language and the form to precisely
fit your organization.
Descriptions Now 4.0.
Knowledge Point
Price: $129.00
Available at Amazon.com
Free trial version available at http://www.hrtools.com/
Product Description: With Descriptions Now, it's easy to go from blank
page to finished job description in minutes. Just choose from more than
3500 built-in jobs, edit, or even combine duties from different jobs.
Then answer some questions about physical and educational requirements,
work environment, qualifications, and supervisory responsibilities. Using
Knowledge Point's exclusive Intelli-Text technology, Descriptions Now
takes your answers and writes a comprehensive job description that's customized
to your organization. What's more, Descriptions Now is designed to work
together with Performance Now, Knowledge Point's award-winning performance-review
software. Descriptions Now job descriptions can be easily accessed while
you write your performance reviews.
Staff Leader
John Gillis
Price $135.00/yr Newsletter ISBN: 0897-8484
Available at Aspen Publishers Inc.
www.aspenpub.com
From the publisher: This practical, 12-page newsletter guides any
nonprofit administrator through the toughest of personnel problems,
and connects successful nonprofit administrators across the U.S. and Canada!
Learn what legal experts say about how to safely terminate incompetent
staffers, how to avoid discrimination hassles, and how the latest employment
laws effect you. Receive personnel policies that have already been
proven successful and strategies on how to include staff members in long-range
planning.
Editor's Note: CILs and SILCs are urged to use materials such as these
as guides. Simply copying the forms and examples presented in these resources
could result in policies, procedures or job descriptions that are, at
best, a poor fit for your organization. Qualified legal guidance is highly
recommended. Sample policies and job descriptions can save time
and work, but they are no substitute for the advice and guidance of an
attorney familiar with your organization.
Please review these and other resources carefully before purchase.
Check your vendor's return policy. These resources should be readily available,
either from a retailer or the publisher.
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