(Newswire.net — April 4, 2022) — Whether you’re following legal regulations set by the government in your area of operation, or you have specific company rules you need team members to follow, compliance is key. Learning how to encourage compliance among your staff members, and how to ensure everyone is on the same page can stop you from falling into expensive legal disputes and struggling with low productivity. Unfortunately, while most employees won’t deliberately ignore the policies and guidelines implemented by your business, they’re not always as good at following rules as they should be. If you’re concerned about the challenges of keeping your company on the level with the latest regulations or your own policies these tips will help.
Document Rules and Policies
First, it’s hard for your employees to follow specific rules and guidelines if they don’t have clarity on what they’re supposed to do and not do. Documenting any rules employees need to follow, from internal guidelines set by your stakeholders, to industry regulation guidelines, is crucial. Make sure you provide all of your employees with easy-to-follow rulebooks and create employee handbooks they can keep with them at all times in case they have any uncertainties about what they should do in a certain situation. It’s also worth checking these documents regularly to ensure they’re up to date with the latest standards, as many guidelines can regularly change. As well as giving your team clear documentation, make sure they know who to come to if they have any questions about issues not covered by their handbook.
Explain the Why Behind Policies
Sometimes, it helps employees to know why they’re following specific rules and guidelines with their work. Implementing ELD or Electronic Logging Devices onto your fleet vehicles can seem like you’re just constantly tracking your team members for no reason without the right explanation. However, sitting down and explaining the benefits of installing ELD’s in your fleet can change the perspective of your leadership team. You can let your team members know that ELDs help to ensure all of their driving hours are tracked accurately so they’re compensated properly. These tools can also help to ensure requirements for driving safety are consistently met, and that your teams are operating as efficiently as possible. You might even be able to implement tools for tracking employee safety this way too.
Invest in Training
Once you’ve documented the policies you need your team members to follow and you’ve given them the insights, they need to help them understand why this kind of behavior is so important, the next step is simply investing in training. Sometimes, regular training can help you inspire employees and encourage your team members to use the policy guidelines you’ve implemented into your business more effectively. You can offer online training sessions for teams to take in their own time or provide group educational sessions where everyone can train at the same time to enhance bonding opportunities and promote efficiency in the workforce. Remember, pay attention to your team members and the way they’re most likely to learn when deciding where to focus the majority of your attention.