Create Your Own Employee Handbook: A Legal & Practical Guide for Employers

Make—or update—your employee handbook today with this user-friendly guide!





Every company should have an employee handbook to communicate with employees, manage workers effectively, ensure consistent treatment across the organization, and protect itself from lawsuits.





But creating a handbook from scratch can be daunting—and hiring a lawyer to draft one can easily cost thousands of dollars. That where Create Your Own Employee Handbook can help. It provides everything managers or HR professionals need to create an effective handbook—or update an existing one—all in plain English. Inside, you’ll find up to date legal information, practical suggestions, and policy language on:

• wages and hours
  
  
• at-will employment
  
  
• time off
  
  
• discrimination and harassment
  
  
• email, social media, mobile devices, and other workplace technology
  
  
• drugs and alcohol
  
  
• complaints and investigations
  
  
• workplace privacy,
  
  
• and much more.
  
  
  

The 8th edition is completely updated to include state law changes affecting employer policies, such as meal and rest breaks; minimum wage laws (including rules for restaurant servers and other employees who receive cash tips); smoking in the workplace; drug and alcohol testing; discrimination; jury duty; family and medical leave; and much more. The 8th edition also covers the latest rules and practices for workplace technology (including employee posts on personal or business social media sites and use of employee-owned smart phones for work).