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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93 policies uploaded by groups like yours, including…

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Conflict, grievance and accountability policy & process

A policy and process for addressing conflict in a small team, which integrates non-punitive accountability measures and nuanced understandings of conflict and accountability for harm, with the legal requirements of an organisational grievance process.

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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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Carer’s leave

A policy for the situations in which a member of staff can take leave to support the care of another, with broad and detailed definitions of what constitutes care and who the policy can apply to. Also includes legal framework.

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Flat structure overview

The structure of a flat management system, including core groups (for internal work), delivery roles (for programme work), meeting cycles and related support systems.

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Family leave & reproductive rights

A maternity policy that is inclusive and caring towards the people involved in starting or wishing to start a family.

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Pay policy

A needs-based/equitable pay policy for a small organisation that focuses on: dependents, disability, time worked and the need for some unforeseen uplifts, as well as inheritance/unearned wealth.

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

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Disciplinary

How to have a legally-compliant ‘disciplinary’ policy that doesn’t shame, blame or punish

How can progressive employers meet the legal requirements of a disciplinary policy, without embedding punitive values? This guide covers how ‘disciplinary’ situations can be treated as opportunities for learning and collective improvement.

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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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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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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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Legal Structures

Legal Structuring for Social Justice: A Community Legal Toolkit

How do we pick the right legal structure when we’re creating an organisation to address racial or social justice? This toolkit provides accessible, informative, and free advice to leaders, activists and changemakers within community and grassroots groups to help answer this question.

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

Blog

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.

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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!