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.
87 policies uploaded by groups like yours, including…
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Worker rights and wellbeing
A consolidation of policies to support workers’ rights and wellbeing, for a large membership-led activist organisation/union. It includes: Sickness policy, Parental Leave, Carers and compassionate leave, Time off in lieu and overwork, Additional leave, Trade union recognition, Staff access to counselling or other support, Annual leave, Pension contribution, Staff absence planning, and Parent and carer subsidy.
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Pay review process
A detailed process and template guide for a mid-sized collectively-managed organisation, to review its current pay policy. It includes steps for identifying the scope of the review and the types of questions it will and won’t ask (including several specific ones which came up in this organisation), as well as projected timelines for gathering information and developing proposals, collectively and democratically.
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Long COVID/chronic illness
A policy to address the medium-to-long term impacts of Long COVID (and other types of chronic illness and disability) and outlines organisational processes for supporting staff affected, in a way which is aligned with disability justice and the needs of a small staff team to continue to work in a sustainable way.
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Paid work for co-operative members
A plain-English pay policy for a small youth work cooperative, in which pay is variable, depending on current organisational income levels. Aims to offer the flexibility of freelance work, while offering additional forms of support (like sick pay).
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Peer-to-peer feedback & reflection process
This process provides a space for reflection and feedback: how is everyone doing, and how are we doing as a collective? It includes written self reflection and written feedback from others and an hour-long feedback meeting.
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Staff absence planning
A policy for a mid-sized organisation to identify individual and collective responsibilities for staff taking time off, in a way that both enables staff to take time away, and for it to avoid negatively impacting on staff who are still working. Includes link to a template for work handover planning.
12 guides to help you develop your own policies and processes…
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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.
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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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Safeguarding
Radical safeguarding: a social justice workbook for safeguarding practitioners
A guide designed for practitioners working with children and young people, particularly in school contexts, who might be wondering how to start doing things differently when it comes to safeguarding.
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Performance
How to create a policy which supports capability rather than judging performance
How do we avoid replicating corporate doctrines of efficiency and productivity at all costs? This guide explores practical alternatives to individualised performance management processes.
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Pay
How to write a fairer, more equitable pay policy
From flat pay structures to needs based pay systems – how do we live our progressive values, meet everyone’s needs and avoid replicating the systemic inequalities of the corporate world? This guide explores the tricky topic of pay.
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Sickness
How to write a compassionate, supportive, solidarity-based sickness policy
What happens if someone goes on long-term sickness absence or is frequently absent? This guide shares practical suggestions to help you develop a compassionate and supportive sickness policy guided by disability justice thinking.
21 stories from the community, plus tools and updates from the core team…
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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.
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New blog series: Holding the contradictions of radical HR
Three years in, the RadHR Core Team is reflecting on the tensions and contradictions of ‘doing radical HR’ and we want to hear from you!
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The Four Day Week Revolution: What Policies Must Evolve to Make It Work
Interested in trialling a four day week but don’t know where to start? Sam Hunt from the 4 Day Week Foundation shares the key policy considerations for groups making the shift.
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Building a connected set of policies to reflect our values
Restoke discovered that starting from values rather than requirements led to a Policy Handbook that’s visually beautiful, actually readable, and truly reflects their practice.