How the business will behave towards staff and expectations for staff behaviour.

Overview

What sort of workplace do you want to have? This is a place for figuring this out and writing it down.

For instance:

• official policies for how staff can expect to be treated and should behave,
• general processes around internal communications or managing a team,
• staff-retention strategies to help everyone feel comfortable, get along, and enjoy their work.

If you’re a sole trader, maybe you decide on some internal policies with yourself (why not!).

Such as work hours, how often to check email or other channels, taking regular days off to avoid burn out, or making time for business admin each week. Anything that maintains morale and keeps you motivated.

Examples

Company values; registered agreements between employers and staff; formal staff review policies; how news and updates are communicated; dress code expectations; buddy systems for new staff; culture-related policies on things like working from home, social activities, the right to disconnect, or pets and kids in the workplace.

Also see

Be sure to make any formal policies clear to staff before doing 11.43 Formal reviews.

Links

• Enterprise and other registered agreements from the Australian Government Fair Work Ombudsman.
• An overview of the right to disconnect from the Australian Government Fair Work Ombudsman.