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Org Chart Template
Free Org Chart Template: 8 Word and Excel Layouts
Free org chart templates: hierarchical, flat, matrix, functional, and by-department layouts plus an import-ready roster. Editable DOCX and XLSX.
Travel Policy Templates
Free Travel Policy Templates for Small Business
Free travel policy templates for small business: full policy, per diem, international, short version, travel request, and acknowledgment form. DOCX.
Acceptable Use Policy Example
Free Acceptable Use Policy Example and Templates
Six free acceptable use policy templates and examples for small business: full policy, short version, AI tool policy, BYOD, monitoring notice, DOCX.
Cell Phone Policy Template
Free Cell Phone Policy Templates for Small Business
Free cell phone policy templates for small business: personal phone use, company-issued devices, stipends, safety, driving, and healthcare. DOCX.
BYOD Policy Template
Free BYOD Policy Template for Small Business
Free BYOD policy templates for small business: full policy, short version, signed wipe consent form, device return procedure, security and stipend. DOCX.
Skills Matrix Template
Free Skills Matrix Template: 7 Excel and Word Types
Seven free skills matrix templates with the rating scale already defined and the skills already written: a team grid with coverage and risk analysis, an individual matrix comparing self and manager ratings, gap analysis, cross-training coverage, a certification tracker, prefilled skill lists for five role families, and the review guide that stops it becoming shelfware. XLSX and DOCX, no email required.
Transition Plan Template
Free Employee Transition Plan Template and Handover Note
Six transition plan templates: employee departure, internal role change, leave cover with a return handback checklist, manager handover, a handover note written by the employee, and a four-tab tracking spreadsheet. Editable Word and Excel files, no email form in the way.
Employee Data Protection Policy
Employee Data Protection Policy Templates
Five free US-first employee privacy and data protection templates for small business, anchored in CCPA, biometric (BIPA), and monitoring law rather than GDPR: a full policy, a short version, a biometric consent form, an electronic monitoring notice, and an acknowledgment form. DOCX download.
Bereavement Policy
Bereavement Leave Policy Templates
Five free bereavement leave policy templates for small business, tiered by relationship with inline state-law awareness (CA, IL, OR, WA) and pregnancy-loss coverage: a standard tiered policy, a one-page version, a generous paid version, a state-aware version, and a reproductive-loss policy. DOCX download.
Remote Work Policy
Remote Work Policy Templates
Five free remote and hybrid work policy templates for small business, built to formalize an arrangement your team already relies on: a full remote policy, a hybrid policy, a work-from-home version, a short one-page statement, and an acknowledgment form. DOCX download.
Social Media Policy for Employees
Social Media Policy for Employees Templates
Six free NLRA-compliant social media policy templates for small business, with a Section 7 savings clause, FTC disclosure, and state privacy notes: a basic one-page policy, a comprehensive version, remote, customer-facing, and healthcare versions, and an acknowledgment form. DOCX download.
Termination Policy
Termination Policy Templates
Five free employee termination policy templates for small business, with the US state-specific final-pay, PTO-payout, and COBRA detail generic templates skip: a full policy, an at-will version, a layoff policy, a short statement, and an acknowledgment form. DOCX download.
EEO Policy
EEO Policy Template for Small Business
Seven free equal employment opportunity policy templates for small business, with a clear explainer of the federal 15 and 20 employee thresholds: a full policy, a one-page version, a job-posting statement, dedicated California (FEHA), New York State, and New York City versions with real protected-class lists, and an acknowledgment form. DOCX download.
RTO Policy
Return to Office (RTO) Policy Templates
Six free return-to-office policy templates for small business, correctly scoped to office attendance rather than medical leave: full-time RTO, hybrid, flexible hybrid, a remote summary, an office attendance policy, and an announcement with acknowledgment. DOCX download.
Time Off Policy
Time Off Policy Templates
Six free time off policy templates for small business, with the state payout and paid-sick-leave detail generic templates skip: a standard PTO policy, an unlimited version, a small-business version, a vacation policy, a state-compliant sick-leave add-on, and a request form. DOCX download.
ADA Policy
ADA Policy Template for Small Business
Six free ADA and reasonable accommodation policy templates for small business, with a clear explainer of the federal 15-employee threshold and the state laws that reach lower: a full policy, a one-page version, an accommodation request form, a California (FEHA) version, a state-coverage note, and an acknowledgment form. DOCX download.
Health and Safety Policy
Workplace Safety Policy Templates
Six free US workplace safety policy templates for small business, written for OSHA and state rules rather than UK law: a general policy, an OSHA-context version, construction, restaurant, and manufacturing variants, and a one-page version. DOCX download.
Hybrid Work Policy
Hybrid Work Policy Template for Small Business
Seven free hybrid work policy templates for small business: a standard policy, a one-page version, three ready-to-pick schedule models (fixed days, employee-choice, role-based), a state expense-reimbursement note (CA, IL), and an agreement and acknowledgment form. Built for founder-led companies without an HR department. DOCX download.
Open Door Policy Workplace
Open Door Policy Templates
Four free open door policy templates for the workplace: a short handbook statement, a full standalone policy, a small-business and remote-hybrid version, and a manager guide, with the no-retaliation and digital-team detail generic templates skip. DOCX download.
CSR Policy
CSR Policy Templates and Examples
Seven free corporate social responsibility templates for companies of any size: a standard CSR policy, a short statement, a one-page version, a by-pillar format, plus a volunteer time off (VTO) policy and a charitable giving and matching policy. DOCX download.
Email Security Policy
Email Policy Templates for Employees
Six free employee email policy templates for small business, with the ECPA and state monitoring-notice detail generic templates skip: basic, comprehensive, remote, BYOD, and healthcare versions, plus a monitoring notice and consent form. DOCX download.
Progressive Discipline Policy
Progressive Discipline Policy Templates
Six free progressive discipline policy templates: a standard 4-step policy, a small-business no-HR version, a PIP version, remote and healthcare variants, and a disciplinary write-up form. Includes the at-will, implied-contract, and Montana guardrails most templates skip. DOCX download.
Communication Policy
Communication Policy Templates
Six free workplace communication policy templates for small business, with the NLRA safeguards generic templates skip: general, internal, small-business, and remote versions, plus a handbook statement and an acknowledgment form. DOCX download.
Corporate Credit Card Policy
Corporate Credit Card Policy Templates
Five free company credit card policy templates: standard, small-business, employee agreement, IRS accountable-plan, and travel versions. Spending limits, prohibited uses, and a signed acknowledgment. DOCX download.
Leave of Absence Policy
Leave of Absence Policy Templates
Six free leave of absence policy templates for small business, with the non-FMLA angle generic templates skip: a full policy, a small-business version, medical and handbook versions, a request form, and an acknowledgment, plus a plain-English size guide. DOCX download.
Absenteeism Policy
Absenteeism Policy Templates
Five free employee attendance and absenteeism policy templates: standard, small-business, point-system, no call no show, and a write-up form. With FMLA and ADA carve-outs. DOCX download.
Human Resource Forms
Free HR Forms for Small Business
A free, no-signup library of the human resource forms a small business actually needs, organized by lifecycle from hiring through offboarding, with government-required forms linked to their official source. DOCX download.
Human Resources Policy
HR Policies and Procedures Templates
Five free HR policy and procedures templates for small business: a core policy manual, a startup set, a remote and hybrid set, a policies-and-procedures manual with manager steps, and an acknowledgment form, distinct from the employee handbook. DOCX download.
Expense Reimbursement Policy
Expense Reimbursement Policy Templates
Five free expense reimbursement templates for small business, built around IRS accountable-plan rules that keep reimbursements tax-free: a full policy, an expense report form, a mileage policy, a remote and home-office version, and an acknowledgment form. DOCX download.