For employers to successfully manage their workforce is essential that the appropriate guidelines for hiring be put in place. The policies should be compliant with the law governing employment for employers and should also be tailored to suit the specific needs of every workplace. 

In the ideal scenario, employers must be able to predict the kinds of problems that might occur in their particular company and then draft their employment policies to ensure the issues are dealt with.

The policies that are drawn up must include all of the frequent human resource concerns and ensure employers have an unbeatable method for managing incidents that is not only fair but most important, in line with. Employer labor law in Ireland demands certain policies, for instance, employers are required to have written grievance and disciplinary guidelines and rules, in addition, to the health and safety policies. Employers who do lack these guidelines could end up having legal problems at some point. Additionally, it's recommended for employers to develop equality of opportunity and privacy policies.

An internet and email use policy can be another that has grown in importance in recent years since increasingly, employees of companies do their work via computers. The concept behind this kind of rule is to ensure that employees use the internet in a way that isn't engaging in websites for social networking and generally browsing the web. 

While the kind of policy that an employer develops will be based on the kind of business they're in and the extent to which their employees access the internet and other websites, any policies that are similar must include rules that help in reducing security risks – for instance, making it clear that only authorized employees can download software.