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Advice on how to create radical alternatives to standard policies.

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Stories and learning from the frontline of radical internal policy work.

RadHR is a space where groups and organisations invested in building a fairer and more equitable society can come together to share the nuts and bolts—the policies, processes, practices and stories—of how we organise ourselves based on our values.

We are a free, open, and collaborative resource built by people like you: community groups, mutual aid organisations, cooperatives, activist groups and voluntary sector organisations interested in finding ways of working together that help us look after each other and challenge the power structures we find in the wider world.

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94 policies uploaded by groups like yours, including…

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Trans equity policy

This policy supports trans inclusion, respect and dignity within the organisation and outlines our commitment to trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and gender questioning colleagues and volunteers, in areas such as: transitioning at work, DBS checks, employment references and toilet/changing facilities.

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Family friendly umbrella policy

Maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave are areas that are covered by legislation. This policy offers terms that are additional to the statutory allowance and tries to make the language more gender neutral.

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Accessibility action plan (recruitment + retention)

This document can be used to track readiness to employ a learning disabled management trainee, ensuring that the trainee has the best possible chance of success at Spectra.

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Decision-making policy & process

This policy includes: how decisions are made in a small team, the principles that underpin them, which decisions can be made by whom, and what steps will be taken to support more equitable involvement in decisions. It is based on consensus and mandate decision-making mechanisms.

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Sabbatical policy

A policy about giving staff a mix of paid and unpaid time off to support their lives beyond their role. Lengths of time off, eligibility, notice periods, work re-planning and pay levels are covered.

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Unlimited Paid Time Off policy

An unlimited PTO policy that seeks to pre-emptively address the more common issues with such policies, including some evidence that staff are less likely to take time off in an unlimited PTO scheme.

16 guides to help you develop your own policies and processes…

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Other Leave

How to write a supportive policy for other kinds of leave that respond to our real life needs

This guide explores different approaches to leave, relevant aspects of law, and alternative kinds of leave to support one another to live better lives.

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Action Research

How to set up a simple Participatory Action Research Project for collective policy writing

This short guide outlines a simple process to help you set up a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project for collective policy writing.

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Workplace Racism

Racism at Work: A community legal toolkit for navigating workplace race discrimination in England & Wales

What do we do when we experience racism at work? This toolkit is for anyone who has experienced race discrimination in the workplace. It is written for people – employees, workers and individuals in work trying to make sense of their experiences and how the law might apply.

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Protest & Work

How to support workers taking political action outside of the workplace

Can organisations offer ‘protest leave’ to workers? Meaningful change requires people to challenge injustice beyond the workplace; offering protest leave is one way organisations can support this principle. This guide offers practical information for organisations choosing to offer protest leave.

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Grievance

How to create non-punitive grievance procedures which deepen our understanding of each other

What does it mean to raise a grievance? This guide covers ways to create grievance procedures that hear different perspectives while avoiding shame and blame, so that we can strengthen rather than corrode the bonds between us.

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Supervision

How to create a collaborative system for keeping track of how work is going

How can we create systems of accountability without hierarchy? This guide considers options for processes that assess how we are each managing in our roles and take into account wider factors when considering why work may not be being done.

24 stories from the community, plus tools and updates from the core team…

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Making the “case for space”: The value of peer-to-peer reflection across organisations

Back in 2025, Ort Gallery and RadHR came together for an in-person session with no agenda–just an aim to share, reflect, and support each other with whatever we had on our minds at work. Here’s how it went.

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Making Policies Radical? How we do collective policymaking

Members of the Common Knowledge coop reflect on the practicalities and challenges of developing policies as a small team

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What does it mean to advocate for internal policy transformation across power differences?

Tina Ajuonuma from The Better Org reflects on how power shapes our organisations and shares practical ways to advocate for internal policy transformation across power differences.

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Socially-just pay and anti-oppression work in practice

Reflections from our second RadHR Soapbox event: what does socially-just pay actually mean?

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Getting Started on RadHR

RadHR.org has gradually built-up a lot of different radical internal policy content. If you’re new to the site, or newer to collective policy making, this blog will guide you through some of the key resources we’ve been collecting here over the years.

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Safety is a collective responsibility—and we all have a duty of care

How a new wellbeing cooperative in Oxford is embedding safety in their policies and practices.