HR Records

You need to keep certain records when it comes to your people.  From paying people to training them and even dealing with difficult situations, you'll want to make sure you have the documents and "bits of paper" you need to keep yourself out of trouble.

Good record management also helps you when it comes to deciding on who gets pay rises, providing information if there is a dispute about pay or benefits, and keeping records of key performance measures that you have for staff.

Here are a few more reasons to keep good HR Records:

1.    Having your terms and conditions of employment
2.    The law says you have to keep some
3.    Training records are needed for safety issues
4.    Managing peoples performance
5.    Any disciplinary processes

Setting up an employee file is pretty simple, keeping them up-to-date is another matter, often training notes or sign off forms get missed.  It is really important that you have a system in place to catch all of this information; it can pay off big time if anything goes wrong.