Employee Handbook
Experts say that small and mid-sized businesses that craft employee handbook and policy manuals protect both the employer and the employee from litigation. It is not only for new staff, but your seasoned staff at any level of positions.
Your employee handbook is most valuable communication tool between you and your employee. A handbook eliminates the confusion of what is expected from the employee’s behavior and actions. The employee handbook is the information about the company’s history, mission, values, policies, procedures, employee conduct, and benefits that are in a written format.
What's Included:
Typically, it includes three categories of content:
- Company’s mission statement, core values, policy summaries and more.
- Code of conduct and cultural Information including policies such as vacation time, holiday’s, dress code, and attendance policy.
- Case-specific information including company policies of disciplinary, grievances, etc.
Employee handbooks and employee policy manuals can seem similar, but they are two very different things. A policy manual, on the other hand, is a document that tells you, the employer, how to do things with more technical information. An employee handbook can be viewed as a contractual obligation, so it is important to have the handbook professionally created and customized for the size and location of your organization.