A comprehensive employee handbook is a necessity in today's business community. Handbooks exist so employers can effectively manage their workplace. Distribution of the handbook ensures that employees ...

You put a lot of time and energy into your employee manual. It communicates vital company information and helps you keep your assets covered. But wouldn’t it be nice if your employees actually read it ...

I collect Employee Handbooks for fun because they are so horrifying. I have about fifty of them. They come from large and small companies. They spring from the harddrives of law firms who charge a ...

Every organization should have an employee handbook because they outline expectations, terms and conditions of employment, and, most importantly, minimize legal risk. However, a handbook is of little ...

The employee manual or handbook can be a valuable tool for any business. Ideally, it should provide detailed guidelines for the employment relationship and document company policies and procedures for ...

Karin Sweigart, a Senior Associate at The Volkov Law Group, rejoins us for another posting on employment compliance and litigation risks. There are many reasons to have an employee manual or handbook ...

Has the employer considered combining vacation time, sick time, and personal time into one “bucket” of paid time off? Does the paid time off policy line up with the employer's business objectives?

An employee operations manual is especially handy when training new employees, reviewing processes for improvement, revising job descriptions or replacing employees due to illness or turnover. For ...

Small businesses that fail to provide workers with a solid employee handbook risk exposure to potentially crippling compliance and litigation costs, but a good broker can turn this employer threat ...

Despite a disclaimer, the Alabama Supreme Court held the City of Montevallo’s Employee Handbook created a contract with employees that placed additional obligations on the City before it could ...

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The purpose of the Employee Policies Manual is to provide employees with a resource of information about policies and procedures related to the University’s workplace. It was prepared to help you ...