Guide
What an HR Policy Manual Contains in India
An overview of what an HR policy manual or employee handbook covers in an Indian company, organized by the employee lifecycle.
An overview of what an HR policy manual or employee handbook covers in an Indian company, organized by the employee lifecycle.
An HR policy manual brings the rules of employment into one organized set. This page outlines what such a manual typically covers in an Indian company.
Employees meet HR rules in a sequence: they are hired, onboarded, work, are appraised, and eventually leave. Arranging policies in that order makes the manual easier to read and easier to keep consistent.
A manual is different from an employee handbook in tone: the manual is the formal rule set, while a handbook is often a shorter, friendlier summary of it.
Each document is easier to apply when it carries document control details, a summary at a glance, numbered clauses in plain language, step-by-step procedures with timelines, and, where a process has several steps, a flowchart that shows who does what, and when.
A policy only works if it matches how the business actually operates. Templates should be customized to your facts and circumstances, for example headcount, locations and industry.
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