Employee Handbook: An Overview

Not having a handbook in your company is a lot like playing baseball without a bat. It's that essential.

The handbook provides employees with a roadmap of how things work at your company and what the general rules and expectations are for them.

For the smaller company the handbook doesn't have to be dauntingly long and detailed. In fact, one of its' major purposes is to get employees talking with and asking questions of their supervisors. The handbook provides a starting point for that all important activity of a successful company: employees and supervisors communicating with each other.

A small company can get started with a page or two and build from there.

A Handbook strengthens your position in any claim or litigation situation. It is also just plain a basic tool for managing employees effectively

We're going to take a look at what a good handbook contains and why it is important.

It is definitely a Best Practice to have an Employee Handbook in every company, no matter how small.

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