Center for Public Management and Regional Affairs
cpmra.MiamiOH.edu513-529-6959
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CPMRA Presenters
• Dr. Mark Morris - Sr. Project [email protected]
• Dr. Randall Davis - Faculty Research [email protected]
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What we will cover...
• Do you need personnel policies?
• Personnel policies as “good management.”
• Where do you begin?
• Putting it all together.
• Putting it into action.
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Personnel Policies?
• Do you have any employees?
• Policies protect employee AND employer.
• Practice = policies in a court of law.
• Just makes good sense.
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From Red Tape to Green Tape
• 5 Attributes of Rule Quality (DeHart-Davis, 2009)
1. Valid connection between means and ends2. Optimal control3. Consistent application4. Understood purposes5. Written Requirements
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Benefits of formalized personnel policies from the employee perspective
• Role conflict and role ambiguity are minimized
• Job satisfaction can be increased
• Organizational commitment can be developed
• Employee motivation can be facilitated
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Organizational benefits of well developed policies• Elicits voluntary employee compliance
• Reductions in turnover and absenteeism
• High performing employees
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Now what?
• Need to make a commitment to complete the process.
• If you have a personnel policy manual, when was it last updated? Does it reflect current employment law?
• If you do not have a manual, begin by collecting all of the resolutions that have been passed regarding employment.
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PERSONNEL SOURCEBOOK
• 2013 edition
• Complete how to guide.
• Includes electronic sample policy manual.
• Customize to meet your township’s needs.
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Approach
• Assign leadership and ownership...accountability
• Use employee review committee...buy-in
• Iterative process...write, review, revise, review...
• Get legal review & approval before adopting
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Required, recommended, optional• Sourcebook uses this language:
• required = must be included in policy
• recommended = should consider including in policy
• optional = may be included in policy...customize
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For existing policies...
• Does practice match policy?
• Do existing policies meet current legal requirements?
• Identify missing policies.
• Merge updated & new policies into single document.
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DO NOT INCLUDE WORK RULESShould be separate manual(s).
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Do you have...
• position descriptions?
• employee evaluation process?
• township equipment use policy including cell phones and computers?
• credit card policy?
• travel policy?
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We completed our policy manual!✓Obtain legal review & approval
✓Adopt through a formal resolution
✓Roll out to ALL employees
✓Recommend obtaining signature page from ALL employees...keep signed copies in personnel files
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