Writing HR Policies & Employee Handbook

✔️HRD Corp SBL-Khas Fully Claimable

🙌Face-to-Face Public Program - Cheras, KL

📝FREE Templates & Handbook Samples

✅Post-Training Support Group

🎓Certificate of Achievement

📣Bilingual - English + Bahasa Malaysia

🔥FEB 2025 - Only 1 class a year

Dato' Dr Lim Training Photos

DO YOU KNOW HR CONSULTANT /LAWYER CHARGE FROM RM3,000 UP TO RM8,000 FOR CRAFTING EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK? Taking the first step to write is the most difficult part of writing a handbook or document. Writing the HR Policy Manual /Employee Handbook requires organization and meticulousness. It requires due care because it must be compliant to the laws, be easy understandable, serve management philosophies, visions and objectives and also not become cumbersome to management by being too restrictive. And most of all, the HR Policy of a company should not have unintended or undesired effect on the rights of the management right to act.

This course will show you how to write & differentiate HR Policy, Policy Manual & Employee Handbook. This is recommended for the HR Practice Professionals entrusted with the responsibility over and to manage HR Policies & Employee Handbook.

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Key Learning Objectives:

By attending this program, participants will: -

Know how to start off producing the HR Policy Manual and Employee Handbook
Be able to identify the HR policy topics and elements that make up for complete HR Policy Manual and Employee Handbook
Be able to appreciate the importance of the functions and usefulness of HR Policy Manual & Employee Handbook
Be able to differentiate between the HR Policy from HR Procedures, Rules, and Regulations
Understand the risks of not differentiating between HR Policy Manual from Employee Handbook
Be able to properly administer and upkeep the HR Policy Manual & Employee Handbook

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Trainer's Profile

DATO’ DR. LIM WENG KHUAN

Employers Panel, Industrial Court
Industrial Relations Panel, Malaysian Employers Federation(MEF)
National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC) member
Ex Police Inspector, Special Branch and Commercial Crime Divisions, Royal Malaysia Police Force
Ex Senior Industrial Relations Officer, Maybank
LL.B degree, University of London (1988)
Certificate in Legal Practice (CLP), Malaysian Qualifying Board (1990)
Masters of Business Administration (MBA), University of Hull, UK (1995)
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), University of South Australia (2005)

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Key Learning Modules:

Day 1:

Objectives for successful Human Resources Management
Setting HR Directions – Vision and Mission
Necessities for attaining Vision and Mission
Importance of HR Policies & Employee Handbook
Contents of HR Policies and the need to differentiate from contractual terms, procedures, rules and regulations and how to differentiate
Where the HR Policies are now
How to start building up the policies
Types of Policy topics
Importance for differentiating HR Policy from Contract of Service and the Handbook
Topics required for a complete HR Policy Manual /Handbook
Structure of a Policy Manual Page /Handbook
Gaining support and approvals before publishing and implementation
Influencers on policy

Day 2:

Differentiating Scope of coverage and writing for non-EA employees
Defining the objectives of HR Policy Manual /Handbook
Defining roles of implementers
Setting policy for matters under statutory controls – stating objective/purpose of each policy
Setting policy for matters NOT under statutory controls
Special topics required for protecting management rights and prerogative to amend policies
Language use and writing style in HR Policy Manual /Handbook
Steps before implementation
Control over the HR Policy Manual /Handbook & access
How to maintain & update a Manual /Handbook, referencing, keeping track of amendments and reasons for change
Right to view Policy Manual / Handbook