Things You Need To Know About Employee Handbooks

If you are in business, you most likely have heard about employee handbooks, right? Here are four things you need to know about them:

They need to be in good language

To avoid confusion, you should ensure that the manuals are in a language that is easily understood by both you (employer) and employees. The manuals should also be in a language that preserves at-will employment and clearly details all the rules that an employee needs to observe while in the workplace.

In addition to this, the language in the handbook should be fashioned in such a way that it can't be interpreted as an employment contract. To be on the safe side you should ensure that you avoid jargon in your language.

While it's fine to have informal tone in the document, you should keep it at a minimum. This is to avoid looking unprofessional.

Remember that they are only guides

Although, a handbook is an important document in any institution, you should avoid taking it too seriously. The first thing that you should do is to include a statement that says that the manual is not a contract, but a summary of the company's policies.

While you should not take the document too seriously, you should ensure that it contains all the necessary information. For example, it should state the way employees should conduct themselves.

It should also include information that prohibits discrimination and harassment based on gender, color, disability, age, race, and national origin. It should also address retaliation against whistleblowers.

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