Many small businesses operate with no employees. One person handles the whole business with perhaps occasional help from family or friends. Making the leap to hiring someone to help is a big one because all of a sudden you need to worry about payroll, benefits, unemployment insurance, and what seems like a myriad of other details. And, this does not even take into consideration the host of problems that can arise from personality conflicts and loss-of-control of all the processes in running your business.
Human Resources refers to the labor, physical and mental abilities that the people in your organization contribute to producing the goods and services of your business. The administration of human resources involves:
Staffing
- Developing personnel sources
- Recruiting potential employees
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- Hiring Issues
- Interview Guidelines
- New employee orientation
- Termination
Training and Development
- Initial Training
- Training Needs Analysis
- Preparation of training programs
- Management and supervisory development
Policies and Procedures
- Instituting health and safety standards
- Privacy Issues
- Handling of employee grievances
- Preparing employee handbooks
- Setting employee work hours
- Union relations
Recordkeeping
- Making certain you adhere to all labor laws governing employers
- Maintaining individual employee files
- Maintaining all of the department records
- Preparing departmental reports for top management
Wage and Salary Administration
- Job analysis
- Preparation of job descriptions
- Pay surveys
- Compensation
- Employment Taxes
- Fringe benefits
