This article is part three in a six-part series. The purpose of this series is to provide tips and identify potential pitfalls associated with the drafting of an employee handbook. While an employee ...

Business owners with small teams of four or five people usually ignore (or aren’t aware of) the importance of an employee handbook. Even the term “employee handbook” sounds overly official and may ...

As with any legal document a company needs, there are great examples and horrible examples of employee guidelines, with lots of boring ones sprinkled throughout. While it is critical that the handbook ...

With harassment verdicts against employers routinely running into millions of dollars, employers need written policies prohibiting all types of workplace discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

As an HR leader, creating an employee handbook is a critical task that sets the tone for an organization's policies and expectations. However, it's not uncommon for HR leaders to make mistakes that ...

Employee handbooks should include equal employment opportunity policies Employee handbooks should include policies addressing health and safety in the workplace Creating an employee handbook can seem ...

When will the law consider an employee handbook the company gave out on Day One a contract enforceable against the employer? If an employee handbook, sometimes called an employment handbook, makes ...