How to use YourHR.guide
Welcome to YourHR.guide
YourHR.guide has been designed specifically for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), providing the practical HR information, guidance and documents needed to manage day-to-day HR and people issues.
Premium Membership gives you the tools and guidance to build a solid HR foundation, manage your people effectively and meet your employment law obligations, without unnecessary complexity or cost.
With Premium Membership, you can:
Carry out an HR Audit to identify gaps and create a practical HR action plan.
Put the right HR policy documents in place, including creating your own employee handbook.
Prepare and implement contracts of employment for new and existing employees.
Establish effective HR administration processes, using ready-to-use forms, letters, checklists and templates.
Introduce training, appraisal /and performance management processes to help manage and develop your employees.
Manage HR data protection responsibilities, and GDPR for HR.
Keep up to date with employment law changes and understand what action you may need to take.
Practical support for everyday HR
YourHR.guide also provides straightforward guidance on managing the HR situations employers regularly face, including absence, holidays, grievances, wellbeing and even redundancies.
You'll find practical explanations, recommended steps and supporting documents to help you deal with these situations confidently, fairly and consistently. The guidance also helps you take preventative action, reducing the likelihood of problems arising in the first place.
The aim is simple: to help you save time, manage HR risks, meet your legal obligations and become an even better employer.
To find out more, explore the rest of this Introduction section or visit Step by Step HR for a structured plan to help you put everything in place.
How does it work?
YourHR.guide is organised into easy-to-navigate categories, covering the key areas of HR and people management.
Each category contains practical guidance explaining what you need to know and what action to take, together with relevant templates, including policies, forms, letters and checklists.
Simply find what you need, download the relevant document, add your company logo and adapt it to suit your business.
Keeping up to date
YourHR.guide is regularly updated to reflect changes in employment law and good HR practice, with new guidance and resources added as they become available.
When a change in employment law affects one of our templates, we'll update it and let registered members know. You can also find details of recent updates and new content on the homepage.
Registering for free membership means you can receive notifications about important updates, helping you keep your HR documents and practices up to date.
Membership options
There are three levels of access, so you can choose what best suits your business.
Non-member – Free: Access a selection of guidance notes and templates without registering or providing any personal details.
Regular Member – Free: Register with your name and email address to access additional guidance and templates, and receive notifications about updates.
Premium Membership – Subscription: Full access to all guidance notes, policies, templates and resources. Premium Membership is available through a monthly subscription with an initial 12-month commitment.
For further details and current pricing, visit our Membership Options page.
HR Bundles
YourHR.guide also offers HR Bundles, which bring together selected guidance, templates and documents covering specific HR topics.
For non-members and Free Members, bundles provide a convenient way to purchase the documents and guidance needed for a particular HR issue, without committing to a Premium subscription.
Premium Members already have access to most of the documents included in bundles as part of their subscription. However, some bundles contain specialist content that is only available through a separate purchase. Where this applies, it will be clearly indicated in the bundle description.