A community sharing radical, anti-oppressive ways of working.

An open, collaborative library of radical HR & operations policies.

Advice on how to create radical alternatives to standard policies.

Find out about opportunities to explore radical HR together.

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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90 policies uploaded by groups like yours, including…

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Recruitment procedure

A recruitment process for paid staff (permanent or temporary), aiming to overcome the problem of processes that are more likely to recruit people from privileged backgrounds.

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Culture of care & accountability

We have high expectations of how we behave towards one another, and we hold each other accountable to those expectations. This policy has two sides: the culture of care that we are proactively building, and the culture of accountability that is reactively implemented. Includes: definitions of accountability and care, 3-step process for addressing harm and intro to transformative justice principles.

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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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Safeguarding policy

A safeguarding policy for a small charity that works with adults, based on values of liberation, equity and anti-oppression and informed by Maslaha’s Radical Safeguarding workbook.

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Team dynamics & tension shifting meeting

A meeting template and policy description for a small workers’ cooperative to improve communication, surface and address tensions or conflicts that exist amongst the group. It’s about making space for the kinds of conversations around group needs and dynamics that are easily side-lined.

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Performance management process

A performance management process for a small self-managed co-op that allows for democratic overturn of panel decisions if over half of the co-op members object.

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

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Recruitment

How to recruit new people without reproducing systemic inequality

This guide explores the frequently asked questions organisations often have about recruitment, particularly when thinking about how to design a recruitment process with equity in mind.

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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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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.

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Power

Living systems for thriving groups: supporting you to organise collaboratively

Navigate is a team of experienced facilitators and trainers. This resource is an online course they’ve developed to help groups thrive by creating and maintaining living social systems that work for them and fit their values.

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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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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.

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

Blog

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.

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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.