At The Writers For Hire, we provide regulatory and compliance content solutions for large corporations that are subject to very firm and highly complex local, state, and federal regulatory requirements, such as electric power generation, transmission and distribution, oil and gas extraction, manufacturing, and government agencies. We’ve produced integrated resource plans, disaster response plans, and federal inter-agency reports, among many other documents.
Our Typical Projects
We deliver high-quality, tailored content — simple, clean, and clear — that helps companies avoid the pitfalls associated with ineffective or insufficient documentation, like having an audit returned for more information. We’ve developed:
- Sustainability and ESG plans and reports. We help companies describe their environmental stewardship and ethical initiatives to investors, customers, regulators, and other stakeholders.
- Energy management plans. Managing energy consumption is a major priority for most businesses. We can compose comprehensive plans that outline all the specific goals and actions needed to reduce use, lower costs, and minimize environmental impact.
- Climate action plans. These roadmaps vary by industry and jurisdiction and can be quite complex. We’ll work with you to manage multiple moving parts, including input from numerous SMEs, then create a strategy document that is clear, concise, and easy to follow.
- Data privacy. Organizations are more accountable today than ever before for handling personal information responsibly. We can help you write robust plans and policies to safeguard personal data. These include data collection, storage, processing, and third-party sharing policies.
- Anti-money laundering (AML) and financial regulations. Every business has a legal duty to report any suspected money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crimes to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. To identify these crimes, organizations need detailed policies and training content. We can write AML policies and training modules that detail how your business might be vulnerable to financial abuse by criminals, and what steps to take in these events.
- Integrated resource plans (IRPs). We work with public utilities and their energy consultants to compile IRPs, complete with energy demand forecasts, policy and regulatory framework data, environmental considerations, economic and risk assessments, and stakeholder feedback summaries.
- Anti-bribery and corruption. We can write clear and to-the-point policies and behavior standards that include such elements as prohibited conduct, conflict of interest, and reporting and whistleblowing.
- Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). We can work closely with manufacturers and food businesses reporting to the FDA to document their science-based food safety plans and best practices.
- Consumer protection. We’ve drafted consumer protection policies and best practices, including consumer information documents, product safety information, customer complaint handling procedures, ethical sales and marketing practices, returns and refund policies and anti-discrimination policies to name a few.
- Health and safety. We can help businesses promote a safe and healthy work environment by developing documents for risk assessment, hazard prevention, emergency preparedness, incident reporting and investigation procedures, contractor and visitor safety standards, and workplace violence and harassment policies.
- Product safety and quality standards. All manufacturers operate under strict legislation to ensure the safety of their products. We help our clients draft detailed plans, policies, procedures, and best practices on safety requirements, product labeling, restricted substances, manufacturing best practices, recall procedures, and product testing procedures.
We Get Compliance Communications
With new laws and regulations emerging almost on a daily basis, businesses understandably get overwhelmed by the vast amounts of research, policy drafting, and policy updating needed to stay fully compliant. In addition, businesses must find effective ways to communicate these often-complex rules and procedures to all their employees and stakeholders and motivate them to embrace and adopt them.
That is where we come in. We have the knowledge, the tools, and a team of accomplished writers ready to step in at a moment’s notice to provide regulatory and compliance content solutions. Our writers have strong backgrounds in business, regulatory landscapes, and journalism, meaning they are up to speed on industry trends, great at conducting interviews, and can quickly build up relationships with your compliance and communications officers.
We help our clients draft corporate-level policies that will demonstrate your professionalism to regulators. In addition, we can translate these policies into plain, jargon-free language to allow everyone in the company access to the most important, easy-to-understand information.
Our Process
Communicating complex regulatory policies to employees and stakeholders requires a thoughtful and strategic approach:
- Streamlining and simplify information. We begin by breaking down complex policies, plans and procedures into simpler components and terms to identify the key points, implications, and requirements. By simplifying the language, we make it more accessible and understandable for your target audience. We avoid using technical terms or acronyms without providing clear explanations. If necessary, we work with your legal experts to ensure the accurate translations of complex concepts.
- Identifying target audiences. We then determine the specific groups of employees and stakeholders who need to be informed about the regulatory policies. We look at their roles, responsibilities, and level of understanding to tailor your communications accordingly.
- Developing a communication plan. We create a comprehensive plan outlining the objectives, messages, channels, and timelines for communicating the regulatory policies. We prepare your communications for multiple channels such as emails, meetings, training sessions, intranet portals, and newsletters to reach a wide audience.
- Providing context and rationale. At The Writers For Hire, we believe employees and stakeholders should understand the reasons behind their company’s regulatory policies. We create internal documents that explain the implications for the organization, industry, the market, and society as a whole. Providing context and rationale helps people see the bigger picture which motivates compliance buy-in.
- Creating visuals and examples. Visual aids such as charts, graphs, and diagrams can effectively illustrate complex information. We can recommend or create visuals to simplify concepts and highlight key points. Additionally, we provide real-life examples or case studies to demonstrate how the policies apply in practical situations.
- Developing training or workshop content. We provide documentation to support compliance training sessions or workshops that provide in-depth knowledge and clarify any questions or concerns. This enables employees and stakeholders to gain a deeper understanding and apply the policies effectively.
- Providing clear compliance guidelines for all internal stakeholders, from frontline staff to C-level execs.. We break down the policies and best practices into actionable items and provide clear instructions, checklists, and templates where applicable.
- Developing a data management system. We also help clients with intelligent data management and storage solutions. Whether you use SharePoint, Google Workspaces, Drobox Business or any other cloud-based software, we can help set up digital folder structures, version controls and tagging systems to simplify all your updating procedures and solve document location issues.
When you work with The Writers For Hire, you get much more than a solo writer who might struggle with demanding schedules. You get a dedicated team of writers, editors, and project managers who thrive on a collaborative approach. We take full ownership and responsibility for all our clients’ projects, and we honor our deadlines.
