Question

List any six (6) legislations and six (6) organisational policies relevant to planning and implementing a
mentoring program.

Answer 1

Answer:

Six legislation policies relevant to planning and implementing a mentoring program are:

1. Health safety policy for the use of equipments: this policy includes the safe use of equipments by the employees by ensuring the regular and timely maintenance of the equipments.

2. Working at height regulation policy: this policy includes mentoring the employees for the use of tools such as ladders to be used safely while working at the height within the company by assessing and managing the risk of working at heights.

3. Space availability policy for the employees: this policy includes mentoring the employees about the availability of the sufficient space for risk free working. According to the workplace regulation act of 1992, at least 11 cubic meter of space should be available with a single employee.

4. Policy for the workplace temperature: this policy includes mentoring the employees regarding the temperature at the workplace. The temperature at work place should be comfortable enough that there should not arise any requirement for the special clothing for the employees as per the workplace regulation act of 1992. However, there is no particular set value of temperature decided to be normal for the workplace.

5. Eye safety policy: this policy includes mentoring the employees for their rights on employers to ask them for the eyesight test if the employees are continuously subjected to the display of screen or hazardous work such as welding or soldering.

6. Clothing policy: this policy includes mentoring the employees about the clothing that they need to take while working on some hazardous work.

Six organisational policies relevant to planning and implementing a mentoring program are:

1. Recruitment policy: this policy includes the provision of the job description of the mentors while recruiting them for the mentor program.

2. Inquiry policy: this policy directs the program staff regarding handling the enquiries of the mentors and mentees and how to deal with the inquiries.

3. Eligibility policy: this policy defines the eligibility criteria for becoming the mentor of mentee.

4. Training policy: this policy defines the qualities required for becoming the mentor or mentees and training them about and to acquire these qualities.

5. Transportation policy: this policy deals about the direction whether the mentors can transport the mentees to their destination spots from the company.

6. Untoward behaviour policy: according to this policy, unacceptable behaviour is strictly prohibited by the mentor and mentee while participating in the program.