How To Develop An Employee Handbook

"One of a company's most important communication tools is the employee handbook. But creating or revising one can be an overwhelming job. It must be legally sound, up-to-date, clearly written, and comprehensive. This ready-to-use guidebook, now in its second edition, practically writes the handbook by itself! Human resources professionals will appreciate its: * checklists that guide them every step of the way (and make sure all bases are covered) * step-by-step instructions that make information easy to understand (and help avoid mistakes) * more than 400 sample policy statements, all in use by actual companies and ready to go as-is or to revise as needed * plain-English explanations of federal and state regulations, with practical suggestions for implementation."

One of your company's most critical communication tools in the employee handbook. But creating or revising one can be an overwhelming job. The final document must be legally sound, up-to-date, clearly written, and comprehensive. This ready-to-use guidebook, now in its second edition, takes you through the whole process and helps you deal with all the questions and issues that will arise.

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This title contains a book and CD-ROM. If you have employees, you need employment policies in writing distributed to every employee. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that businesses can protect themselves against damages and liability against employee lawsuits by providing clear, written policies covering the rights and responsibilities of their employees. Our Employee Handbook Template is the ideal solution to produce your own handbook in less than an hour. The companion CD-ROM in MS Word contains the template, which you can easily edit for our own purposes; just fill in the blank. The book discusses various options you may have in developing the policies. Our employee handbook has been edited and approved by lawyers specialising in employment law. Developing your own handbook now couldn't be easier or less expensive!

With comprehensive coverage of topics related to learning, training, and development, this volume is a must-have resource for industrial and organizational (I/O) psychologists, human resource (HR) scholars, and adult education specialists. Brown provides a forward-looking exploration of the current research on workplace training, employee development, and organizational learning from the primary point of view of industrial organizational psychology. Each chapter discusses current practices, recent research, and, importantly, the gaps between the two. In analyzing these aspects of the topic, the chapter authors both present the valuable knowledge available and show the opportunities for further study and practice.

This concise yet comprehensive reference helps employers responsibly and effectively deal with the basic personnel issues they face each day. It guides employers in the development of a cohesive personnel program that is tailored to meet their companies' unique needs and goals. The author explicates potentially confusing matters such as employment-at-will, equal opportunity, sexual harassment, the disabled and immigrant and legal alien workers in lay terms and points out the dangers of oversight. Stressing the importance of consistency and documentation, he addresses the full range of personnel issues. An invaluable resource for any business that doesn't have a personnel expert on staff. CD contains sample employee handbooks, federal regulations and laws, forms for complying with government programs and worksheets for assessing personnel needs and goals.