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Business Definition for: Employee Handbook

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 and conditions of employment, organizational policies and procedures, and fringe benefits.

Wiktionary Definition for: Employee Handbook

A book or manual given to an employee of a business or company that details its guidelines, expectations, and policy policies.

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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.; Tags: Policies and procedures, Entrepreneur.com Inc., 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.; Tags: Policies and procedures, Entrepreneur.com Inc., employee handbook; Tools & templates 2005-08-04
Why You Should Create An Employee Handbook: Use an employee handbook to communicate workplace policies. If you have more than a few employees, it's a good idea to create an employee handbook that clearly explains your workplace policies. The benefits of having an employee handbook are many: every employee receives the same information about the rules of...; Tags: Policies and procedures, employee handbook, workplace, benefit; White papers 2008-01-01
Drafting An Employee Handbook: You don't have an employee handbook or policy manual; you may receive countless questions about types of leave, benefits and other workplace requirements. Even if you do have an employee handbook, if it hasn't been updated in a while, it is time to dust it off and make sure it...; Tags: Policies and procedures, employee handbook, workplace, benefit; White papers 2007-12-01
Develop an Employee Handbook: Ensure That Your Employees Know Your Mission: Far too often small business management has a tendency to overlook creating and distributing an employee handbook. This practice is a big mistake. "Not only does a handbook educate employees on what is expected, in many instances not having one can actually put a company at risk," For instance, in...; Tags: Policies and procedures, employee handbook, small business; White papers 2008-01-01

How To Create A Good Employee Handbook: In managing individuals, a good employee handbook can be your best friend. To begin, a handbook makes clear what management expects of employees and also what they can expect from management. Clearly outlined expectations can prevent surprises when, for example, it is necessary to discipline or terminate a person. Next,...; Tags: Policies and procedures, employee handbook, handbook, termination; White papers 2007-07-12
How To Develop An Employee Handbook: An employee handbook can be an invaluable tool for an employer, serving to inform employees about company policies, procedures and practices and to communicate expected standards of performance and conduct. A well-designed handbook can positively influence employee morale and promote employee loyalty. It can introduce a new employee to the...; Tags: Policies and procedures, handbook, employee handbook, supervisor, performance, tool; White papers 2008-01-01
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...; Tags: Policies and procedures, AllBusiness.com, employee handbook, worker; White papers 1999-01-14
Five Things That Should Never Appear In An Employee Handbook: An employee handbook is a valuable risk management tool when it lays down the organization's expectations and spells out the consequences if employees don't live up to the expectations. There are numerous resources available to help guide you with regard to essential handbook components. This paper focuses on five common...; Tags: Employee Handbook, Risk Management, Nonprofit Risk Management Center, Policies And Procedures, Human Resources; White papers 2008-01-01
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...; Tags: Policies and procedures, employee handbook, Human Resources, Bible, tool; White papers
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...; Tags: Policies and procedures, employee handbook; White papers 2003-01-01
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...; Tags: Policies and procedures, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, American City Business Journals Inc., employee handbook, handbook, workforce, tool; White papers 2005-04-22
Creating An Effective Employee Handbook For Your Nonprofit: Employers often use handbooks and manuals to inform employees of their employment policies and to enforce their at-will policies. Although no express employment contract exists, courts have held that handbooks and manuals can be implied contracts if the language creates an impression that employees can only be dismissed for cause....; Tags: handbook, employee handbook; White papers 2008-01-01
Employment Agreement Policy: The Employment Agreement policy is an agreement between the Company and the employee stating, in writing, the wage/salary, dates of payments, dates of acceptance, and job title. It further acknowledges that the employee received an employee handbook, and agrees to comply with it and any other rules. Neither the handbook,...; Tags: employee handbook, job title, payment, agreement, benefit, job; Tools & templates 2007-11-16
Packaging Your Policies: This article shows that if your company policies are scattered throughout a series of memos, e-mails and other documents and there’s no one place to find the answers to policy questions except to knock on your door, then it’s time to create an employee manual. And, if your manual has...; Tags: Policies and procedures, Society for Human Resource Management, employee handbook, e-mail; White papers 2001-07-01
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...; Tags: Policies and procedures, employee handbook, financial; Case studies 1999-07-01
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...; Tags: Policies and procedures, handbook, employee handbook, nuisance, decision-making, Human Resources, benefit; White papers 1999-01-01
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...; Tags: Policies and procedures, employee handbook; White papers 2003-09-11
How To Be An Excellent Employee: It's amazing how many companies "Grow" their employees. The typical employee handbook sets forth what is considered inappropriate conduct on the part of an employee and what can happen to an employee in light of that conduct. Only the rare and excellent company sets forth a list of desired behavior....; Tags: Policies and procedures, employee handbook; Tools & templates 2001-01-18
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...; Tags: Policies and procedures, employee handbook, Human Resources, small business; White papers 2004-02-20

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