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- a reference document containing information on what an employee should know about his or her organization or employment. Employee handbooks typically include information on terms...
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- Elements of an employee handbook: What You Should Include in an employee handbook
- An employee handbook is a vital tool for an effective human resources strategy. Not only does it provide a clear list of guidelines for employees in all stations, but it also demonstrates a high level of professionalism - a feature that is frequently relied upon in the human resources skill...
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- employee handbook
- The Employee Handbook outlines a company's employment-related policies. When you present it to employees, you should also have them sign an Acknowledgement of Receipt of Employee Handbook.
- Tools & templates 2005-08-04
- employee handbook Receipt
- Present this template to employees when you give them an employee handbook. Make sure they return this form to you signed and file it as proof that the employee has read the handbook and agreed to its terms.
- Tools & templates 2005-08-04
- Companies Should Pay Close Attention to Language in employee handbooks
- Companies typically use an employee handbook as a guide for workforce orientations and as a reference tool for existing employees. Essentially, a handbook informs employees of what they can expect from the company. It also notifies employees of what the company expects from them. The problem, however, is that an...
- White papers 2005-04-22
- employee handbooks For Small Firms: How Formal Must They Be?
- From the executive summary: ‘For many entrepreneurs and owners of small businesses, the decision to take on employees represents an exciting step. While a firm, that employs only the owner and his or her family members may get along without formal human resource policies, the status changes when others are...
- White papers 2004-02-20
- United States: employee handbooks: Ripe for the Picking
- The article is on employee handbooks that often contain provisions that violate the National Labor Relations Act NLRA. Unknowing employers unfamiliar with their obligations under the Act typically craft broad employee handbook provisions that the National Labor Relations Board NLRB determines stifle or threaten the employees’ right to participate in...
- White papers 2003-09-11
- Purpose of employee handbooks
- Each employer must make its own decision as to whether or not it will have an employee handbook and what its contents should be. This article asserts that there are certainly potential advantages to an employer who has a handbook. The employee handbook should not be presented as a stern...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- What to Leave Out of an employee handbook
- A good HR manual is a valuable document that provides many uses for both small and large companies. It records and communicates official rules and explains policies, benefits and other important information to which employees need to refer from time to time. A HR manual clearly documents what institutional memory...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Employee ManagementHandbooks: A Case Study
- A large company is a manufacturer and distributor of decorative accessories for homes and offices that acquired four similar companies located in Southern California. They employ approximately 600 employees in total. The company had multiple employment policies, employee handbooks and benefits packages that were being managed at each of the...
- Case studies 2002-01-01
- Mediation And Arbitration Agreement - Sample
- Attempting mediation and arbitration before entering into a court dispute could save your business time and costly legal fees. However, the use of mediation and arbitration agreements outside the collective bargaining arena is open to much debate. This clause can be placed in an employee handbook, but it should also...
- Tools & templates 2001-02-23
- Why and When Are employee handbooks Necessary?
- The president of a large company was quoted as saying, "We've done away with our personnel manual. It got us into more trouble than it was worth." While most Human Resource Directors and corporate CEOs understand why policies, procedures, and forms are necessary to effectively operate any organization, there are...
- White papers 2001-01-01
- employee handbooks: Making Them Worth The Trouble
- Some employers are afraid of handbooks. They believe that setting down rules and regulations in writing will somehow lead them into court. In fact, this may be true for some employers. An employer who does not want to act consistently, or who intends to act fairly but has ill-trained staff,...
- White papers 2000-06-30
- employee handbooks
- GHI Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of a major financial services firm that does business throughout United States. GHI has over 200 employees in the US, 35 of who are Japanese. These Japanese are mostly managers, and small percentages are trainees who are in the US for a short period...
- Case studies 1999-07-01
- Essentials of an employee handbook
- When you hire someone as an employee, you enter a relationship with that person. Setting the parameters of that relationship as quickly as possible will minimize the potential for future conflicts. An employee handbook is an excellent way to define those parameters. It sets down your policies in black and...
- White papers 1999-01-14
- employee handbooks: Necessity or Nuisance?
- As a HR consultant who develops employee handbooks, you can guess that “necessity” won out over “nuisance.” A well-written handbook that turns personal decisions into personnel decisions outweighs any headache or cost of creating one. Handbooks should be used as management’s decision-making guide. It ensures consistency across the organization...
- White papers 1999-01-01
Additional Resources
- Loan policies should be spelt out
- Electrode Inc was wrong to dismiss Christopher immediately. They may have moral grounds for termination. The HR department should have been more proactive by counseling Christopher before the situation exploded. The counseling process should include verbal and written warnings and making the borrower repay the loans. Termination is...
- Articles 2008-12-01
- New HR management application introduced by fixITlocal on Pay Monthly Software service
- TELECOMWORLDWIRE-4 April 2008-New HR management application introduced by fixITlocal on Pay Monthly Software serviceC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com fixITlocal, a UK network that offers service and support to small businesses from a local specialist IT reseller, has announced the availability of a new human resources HR management application...
- Articles 2008-04-04
- fixITlocal Announces Availability Of Hr Application For Smes On Pay Monthly Software Service.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-3 April 2008-FixITlocal: fixITlocal Announces Availability Of Hr Application For Smes On Pay Monthly Software ServiceC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03042008 The fixITlocal Pay Monthly Software service has announced the availability of a new human resources HR management application...
- Articles 2008-04-03
- Getting the balance right
- Most of the focus on Agenda for Change AfC has been on issues such as pay band outcomes and the Knowledge and Skills Framework. However, there is also much in the AfC handbook that relates to matters of work-life balance and enabling employees to fulfil their family responsibilities. ...
- Articles 2008-04-01
- Paying to work in the NHS: mileage allowances have lagged behind huge increases in petrol prices, and although one interim rise has been agreed, a review of all mileage allowance agreements remains on-going
- Most health visitors and other community practitioners use a car when working for their NHS employer. In the current Agenda for Change handbook, there is provision for employers to provide lease cars or pay mileage allowances where staff are using their own vehicle. Many of the lease car arrangements are...
- Articles 2008-03-01
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