As an employer, you need to prioritize developing effective HR policies and employee documentation. HR policies set the standards, rules, and procedures for your business. While employee documentation ensures that your business is compliant with legislation and employee claims.
But for many small business owners, this process can be confusing.
Luckily, Peninsula has you covered with the knowledge and expertise needed to help draft professional HR policies and employee documentation for your business. We’ll handle your HR policies and employee documentation so that you can focus on running your business, not the paperwork. Peninsula takes the guesswork out of creating effective HR policies and employee documentation. Say goodbye to the days of hastily studying legislation or worrying about costly lawsuits.
Our experts work with you to understand your specific needs and develop employee documentation with your industry in mind. Additionally, we ensure every document we produce is compliant with employment standards legislation in your province. This keeps you compliant and protected.
Becoming a Peninsula client means that you can finally focus on running your business, not the paperwork. Over 5000 small businesses across Canada trust Peninsula to handle their employee documentation and HR policies. Give us a call and learn why.
As a Peninsula client, you will receive:
As well as several helpful resources:
Our experts work with you to understand your specific needs and develop employee documentation with your industry in mind. Additionally, we ensure every document we produce is compliant with employment standards legislation in your province. This keeps you compliant and protected.
Becoming a Peninsula client means that you can finally focus on running your business, not the paperwork. Over 5000 small businesses across Canada trust Peninsula to handle their employee documentation and HR policies. Give us a call and learn why.
As a Peninsula client, you will receive:
As well as several helpful resources:
Your company’s employee documentation and HR policies must comply with legislation in your province that set the minimum standard for employment. Across Canada, you will find such legislation in each province.
Examples of this legislation include:
Ontario: Employment Standards Act (ESA)
Alberta: Employment Standards Code (ESC)
Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Employment Act (SEA)
Nova Scotia: Labour Standards Code (LSC)
These are just some examples of employment standards legislation in Canada. However, every province has their own. You must keep this in mind as you draft employee documentation and HR policies.
There are several other pieces of legislation that your business must comply with in Canada.
These policies set the standards for:
It’s important that you stay compliant with this legislation in order to prevent investigations, penalties, and fines. Fortunately, Peninsula has the expertise to help ensure you are compliant and protected with well-developed HR policies and employee documentation.
Documentation is required to ensure that your business runs smoothly and that you are compliant with legislation. Failure to do so can result in fines and penalties for non–compliance.
HR policies are written documents which set the standard for your organization and how things are done within it. They give employees an understanding of what is expected of them. Procedures for leaves, vacations, training, etc., are guided by HR policies.
HR policies set the standard for various elements of the organization (i.e. pay, vacation, training, etc). Meanwhile, procedures deal with how the goals of HR policies are met. For instance, your business may have a policy that requires performance reviews to take place every six months. The procedure would dictate how the meetings are conducted.
An HR strategy is a plan that guides an organization’s approach to HR. Your HR strategy will determine the goals of your business’s HR efforts.
It’s important that you hold on to your HR paperwork for at least three years.
You should be regularly reviewing your company’s HR policies. Changes to organizational structure, an increase in headcount, and updates to pre-existing or new legislation, among other things, may require this.
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It can be confusing as a small business owner to keep up with ever-changing employment legislation. Peninsula Canada makes sure you’re compliant and protected.