2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +3 Employee Policy Manual; Employee Handbook
Explanation: "Arbeidsreglement (a set of rules covering employment and procedures, not negotiated but unilaterally declared as the rule by the employer)." -- quoted from ilo.org (see 1st reference - 4th para. of 'Trade unions involved are:') From what I gather, these sorts of things are considered 'policy' or the 'managerial prerogative' exercised by the company/business owner. _Sometimes_ these are policies influenced by labor laws (i.e. minimum wage, minimum lunch break duration, affirmative action laws regulating the minumum % of minorities working within the org. - typically American), but they're usually rules that the company enforces at their own discretion, such as having a policy of not hiring translators to translate outside of their native tongue. The policy might even contain rules regarding the procedure for issuing complaints about other employees or services within the company. That would be an example of policy or exercising managerial prerogative. Using 'exployment regulations' is somewhat appropriate here, and I wouldn't discount it... Since you're looking for a _different_ potentially more appropriate term, however, I _can_ say that 'employment regulations' generally apply only to the laws and regulations imposed on the employer by the government, labor department etc. They _can_ indeed refer to employement regulations _inside_ a company (as you intentionally denoted), but considering these are specific rules as declared by the employer, I don't think this fits. For example, according to Vlaams ABVV ("http://www.abvvjongeren.be/online/artikel.asp?artikel=93&rub... the arbeidsregelement is only required for employers who wish to employ other people and it does _not_ apply to family companies or governing authorities. But even family companies are regulated by labor laws and employment regulations to some degree. Even if you had a farm and made your children work on the farm, there are regulations as to how much they can earn (if anything) and how often they can work. In this part of the US, for example, children under the age of 15 can only receive a limited amount of $$$ before the government chooses to consider it taxable. This prevents against channeling money to other parties as a means of evading taxes. The website also states that you receive a copy of the arbeidsregelement upon recruitment/employment, and that the place where the document can be consulted _must_ be denoted. So considering this is in document form as opposed to a 'concept' rather, it rules out 'managerial prerogative', so my presumption is that it's a work policy of sorts. A lot of companies have 'unspoken rules' or 'unspoken work policies' such as "don't be late to work", but anything 'unspoken' operates on the basis of assumption and one would be remiss in leaving those items out of the "arbeidsreglement". My best estimation based on the list of things that must be delineated in the "arbeidsreglement" on the ABVV page ("http://www.abvvjongeren.be/online/artikel.asp?artikel=93&rub... is that it's your Employee Policy Manual or Employee Handbook (more info at http://www.youremployeehandbook.com). The corporate office where my mother works says their company likes to use the term "Associates Handbook", but that's the same thing as an Employee Policy Manual she says. Hope this helps... Bry
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These are the critical references that I should have had linked: http://www.abvvjongeren.be/online/artikel.asp?artikel=93&rub... http://www.youremployeehandbook.com
Reference: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/flr... Reference: http://www.curacao-chamber.an/c-info-htm/content/EmploymentR...
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