An employee-oriented approach is the cornerstone of good human resource management practices. These include:
A harmonious employer-employee partnership helps to build a motivated and efficient work team, thereby enhancing the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises as well as facilitating recruitment and retention of manpower. As a good employer, adopting good human resource management practices having regard to the unique business environment and mode of operation of its enterprise and industry concerned, will benefit both enterprises and employees and hence create a win-win situation for all.
There is a wide range of good human resource management practices, which can be generalised into the following four categories:
To provide proper and appropriate employment practices and flexible work arrangements according to the needs of different employees, e.g.:
To attach great importance to work-family / work-life balance of employees and provide measures to assist employees in taking care of both work and family / personal lives, e.g.:
To provide benefits better than statutory requirements to employees, actualising their rewards and sharing with them the fruits of enterprises’ development, e.g.:
To build regular communication channels with employees, enabling both employers and employees to understand the needs and difficulties of each other and reaching agreements which are most beneficial to both sides, e.g.: