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HR Foundations Assessment

Workplace Foundations™ — Employer Self-Check

About the Workplace Foundations Assessment

This assessment is designed to help you determine future action to take for your organization’s compliance with appropriate laws, best practices, and other established procedures in the Human Resource field. This review is prepared based on your answers to specific questions and may or may not be conclusive for your situation.

We offer Consultation services that feature a more detailed analysis and recommendation of your situation, based on a comprehensive review of your practices and policies, at your request.

This assessment takes approximately 10–15 minutes. At the end, you’ll see your results online, and they’ll also be emailed to you.

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Workplace Foundations™: HR Foundations Assessment

Answer Yes or No to each item based on your organization's current practice.

Employment and Policy Administration

Employment and Policy Administration — Question 1 of 47 Have you reviewed and updated your forms in the last 2 years? (i.e., application, employee information, etc.)

Yes

Employment and Policy Administration — Question 2 of 47 Do you have an employee handbook/manual?

Yes

Employment and Policy Administration — Question 3 of 47 Have you updated your Government required postings in the last 2 years?

Yes

Employment and Policy Administration — Question 4 of 47 Are applicants for the same job asked the same questions?

Yes

Employment and Policy Administration — Question 5 of 47 Has your employment area or management been trained on proper interviewing techniques?

Yes

Employment and Policy Administration — Question 6 of 47 Do you include the phrase Equal Opportunity Employer (or the abbreviation EOE) on all ads?

Yes

Employment and Policy Administration — Question 7 of 47 Do you require employee candidates to take pre-employment tests?

Yes

Employment and Policy Administration — Question 8 of 47 Do you have written job descriptions or job specifications for all positions?

Yes

Employment and Policy Administration — Question 9 of 47 When were the job descriptions last updated?

Yes

Employment and Policy Administration — Question 10 of 47 Do you have a job-posting program in existence?

Yes

Employment and Policy Administration — Question 11 of 47 Do you use 'friends' and 'relatives' referrals?

Yes

Employment and Policy Administration — Question 12 of 47 Who is responsible for FMLA recordkeeping?

Yes

Employment and Policy Administration — Question 13 of 47 Do you have a formal document retention Policy?

Yes

Employment and Policy Administration — Question 14 of 47 Do you conduct exit interviews?

Yes

Employment and Policy Administration — Question 15 of 47 Are you a Government contractor/subcontractor?

Yes

Employment and Policy Administration — Question 16 of 47 Is your employment office clearly marked and easily located and accessible?

Yes

Employment and Policy Administration — Question 17 of 47 Do you have wheelchair accessibility for the employee/employment office entrance and all levels of the building that are necessary for their access?

Yes

Employment and Policy Administration — Question 18 of 47 Do you provide accommodations if requested for the interview process?

Yes

Training and Development

Training and Development — Question 19 of 47 Do you have a new employee orientation program?

Yes

Training and Development — Question 20 of 47 Do you have a written appraisal system?

Yes

Training and Development — Question 21 of 47 How often do employees receive written performance evaluations?

Yes

Training and Development — Question 22 of 47 Do you have pre-supervisory and supervisory training?

Yes

Training and Development — Question 23 of 47 When did you last offer Sexual Harassment training?

Yes

Training and Development — Question 24 of 47 Do you offer an educational reimbursement plan?

Yes

Training and Development — Question 25 of 47 Do you offer internal training programs?

Yes

Training and Development — Question 26 of 47 Do you receive Government/State funding for new employee training?

Yes

Safety and Worker's Compensation

Safety and Worker's Compensation — Question 27 of 47 Do you have an accident review program?

Yes

Safety and Worker's Compensation — Question 28 of 47 Do you have a 'Return to Work' program under Worker's Compensation?

Yes

Safety and Worker's Compensation — Question 29 of 47 Do you have a safety committee?

Yes

Safety and Worker's Compensation — Question 30 of 47 Do you keep annual OSHA 100/200 Logs?

Yes

Employee Benefits

Employee Benefits — Question 31 of 47 Do you provide employees with a summary plan description of their health & other benefits?

Yes

Employee Benefits — Question 32 of 47 Do your employees contribute toward the cost of their medical plan or other benefits?

Yes

Employee Benefits — Question 33 of 47 What voluntary benefit programs to do offer the employee that they pay for? (i.e., dependent life, additional life, pre-paid legal, etc.)

Yes

Employee Benefits — Question 34 of 47 Who administers COBRA enrollment and termination?

Yes

Employee Benefits — Question 35 of 47 Who communicates benefit plan coverage/changes to employees?

Yes

Employee Benefits — Question 36 of 47 Who is responsible for benefit administration, (i.e., enrollment, dependent changes, etc.)

Yes

Best Practices

Best Practices — Question 37 of 47 Do you post job openings on your state's Unemployment Site?

Yes

Best Practices — Question 38 of 47 Have you performed an anonymous 'all-employee' survey in the last 3 years?

Yes

Best Practices — Question 39 of 47 Do you have an employee suggestion program?

Yes

Best Practices — Question 40 of 47 Do you feature Peer or 360 Evaluations?

Yes

Best Practices — Question 41 of 47 Do you offer a Company Intranet for information?

Yes

Best Practices — Question 42 of 47 Did you benchmark your HR practices to others in the industry/region in the last 2 years?

Yes

Best Practices — Question 43 of 47 In the last 2 years have you performed a training needs assessment?

Yes

Best Practices — Question 44 of 47 When did you last perform an organizational review?

Yes

Best Practices — Question 45 of 47 Do you update your organizational chart for employees to view at least annually or after every major departmental change in leadership?

Yes

Best Practices — Question 46 of 47 Do you have an established job classification/grading system?

Yes

Best Practices — Question 47 of 47 Do you have established pay ranges for positions?

Yes

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Your Workplace Foundations™ Results

A snapshot of your HR practice hygiene, at a glance.

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