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In the past, you may have kept your handbook to a minimum for fear that employees wouldn’t read a novel-size document. Here are five optional, but relevant, HR policies you should consider adding to the next version of your employee handbook. Adding a dress code policy to your employee handbook not only makes it easier to talk to employees who may not be following the policy, but it also gives them a better understanding of what is or isn’t acceptable workplace attire. MORE
An employee handbook isn’t just a nice-to-have. The post Employee Handbook? Engagement & Communications emerging business employee handbook entrepreneur entrepreneurs HR human resources SBA SCORE SHRM small business small business advice small business incubator start upsIt’s an important document that can minimize internal conflict and more importantly, prepare a company for lawsuits if anything does go wrong. Ask a Pro to help. MORE
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Indeed, consider this recent decision from a Phoenix Administrative Law Judge involving a fairly vanilla employee handbook. If you scan through the entire opinion, there’s not much about the employee handbook that the ALJ did like. MORE
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Every business needs an employee handbook, right? Linda Itskovitz, VP of marketing for employee communications company GuideSpark, says the handbook is a very unimportant document. However, she clarifies, the information in the handbook is critical. MORE
11, 2014, Even Santa needs an employee handbook. And, if you think Santa is a pain, the handbook makes it clear that the HR Director, Mrs. Claus, goes without physical attention from Santa during peak production times and can get a tad prickly as a result. MORE
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replete with examples of how your employee handbook is overly broad and violates the National Labor Relations Act. The purpose of the report is to educate employers, with recent case developments, on what can and cannot be included in an employee handbook. By Eric B. Meyer. MORE
Every business needs an employee handbook, right? Linda Itskovitz, VP of marketing for employee communications company GuideSpark, says the handbook is a very unimportant document. The employee handbook, as a medium, is not important because the majority of employees never open their handbook in the first place , especially millennials,” Itskovitz says. However, she clarifies, the information in the handbook is critical. MORE
That is why handbooks or employee handbooks are very important so that there is a guideline on how one should act while being employed in the company. Sometimes though the handbooks exist, some employers forget […]. MORE
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If you don’t want your employee handbook to qualify as a contract in court, then here’s what it should say. . It sounds simple, but missing this language in one of its employee handbooks recently got an employer in some legal hot water. The lesson came from a new appeals court ruling, which said a handbook can create a contract unless it includes a disclaimer to the contrary. It claimed the handbook wasn’t a contract – nor did it claim to be. MORE
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A staff handbook (also known as a Policies and Procedures Manual) is something every company, regardless of size, should have. Behavior Employee Handbook & Policies HR News Labor Relations Legal - Compliance & Policies National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) & Board (NLRB) Featured MORE
Creating a company employee handbook can seem like a daunting task, but having one brings many benefits. Here are eight reasons your organization should have an employee handbook: 1. A well-written handbook provides employees with a clear understanding of their responsibilities. MORE
Perhaps Cryan should check out the ATD 's new Talent Management Handbook where my chapter focuses on reward and tries to provide some of the missing understanding. A new provocative report has been published by the High Pay Centre - Pay Ratios: Just Do It. MORE
After receiving a charge that the casino’s employee handbook contained overly broad rules, an NLRB administrative law judge struck down four of the casino’s policies. Employment Law Special Report employee handbook National Labor Relations Board NLRA NLRB unions MORE
Shoved deep in some desks of supervisors and employees, the employee handbook resides. For some, the handbook has lived in this dark corner of the workplace for years without a thought or care. Where does your employee handbook live? This is especially true for handbooks. MORE
Employee handbooks come in all shapes and sizes. Is your handbook a contract of employment, or a compilation of discretionary policy statements? The answer depends on whether your handbook has a disclaimer telling employees that they are at-will and cannot rely on the handbook as a contract. Because the handbook lacked any disclaimer language, the court held that he could. MORE
To help employers craft handbooks that don’t violate the National Labor Relations Act, the National Labor Relations Board has issued a compilation of rules it has found to be illegal — and rewritten them to illustrate how they can comply with the law. to “help employers to review their handbooks and other rules, and conform them, if necessary, to ensure they are lawful.” MORE
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Shoved deep in some desks of supervisors and employees, the employee handbook resides. For some, the handbook has lived in this dark corner of the workplace for years without a thought or care. Where does your employee handbook live? This is especially true for handbooks.
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Does your company have an employee handbook? Every business needs to create a detailed, comprehensive, and up-to-date employee handbook and provide it to their team. On page forty-one of the employee handbook, in black and white, it says: ‘Never run with scissors!”
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To help employers craft handbooks that don’t violate the National Labor Relations Act, the National Labor Relations Board has issued a compilation of rules it has found to be illegal — and rewritten them to illustrate how they can comply with the law. to “help employers to review their handbooks and other rules, and conform them, if necessary, to ensure they are lawful.”
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OK, pop quiz: What’s the difference between these two employee-handbook policies? “Be And that’s why there’s plenty of work for them as the NLRB cracks down on employee-handbook language — including provisions that once were standard — that it says is too broad.
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Whilst there are many HR factors that you will need to consider, creating an employee handbook (also known as a Policies and Procedures Manual) should be a priority if you are looking to grow your team. Why Do I Need an Employee Handbook? How Does a Handbook Differ from a Contract?
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Every business needs an employee handbook, right? Linda Itskovitz, VP of marketing for employee communications company GuideSpark, says the handbook is a very unimportant document. The employee handbook, as a medium, is not important because the majority of employees never open their handbook in the first place , especially millennials,” Itskovitz says. However, she clarifies, the information in the handbook is critical.
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Indeed, consider this recent decision from a Phoenix Administrative Law Judge involving a fairly vanilla employee handbook. If you scan through the entire opinion, there’s not much about the employee handbook that the ALJ did like.
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11, 2014, Even Santa needs an employee handbook. And, if you think Santa is a pain, the handbook makes it clear that the HR Director, Mrs. Claus, goes without physical attention from Santa during peak production times and can get a tad prickly as a result.
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Make sure you are consulting the newly updated handbook! Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its guidance manual, Handbook for Employers, Guidance for Completing the Form I-9 (M-274). The U.S.
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Perhaps Cryan should check out the ATD 's new Talent Management Handbook where my chapter focuses on reward and tries to provide some of the missing understanding. A new provocative report has been published by the High Pay Centre - Pay Ratios: Just Do It.
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Those thick, dusty, cumbersome employee handbooks that your new hires don’t really want to crack open. Well, your people are becoming increasingly disenchanted with the idea of that employee handbook. I don’t want to throw out the employee handbook, however. I love books!
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Employee handbooks come in all shapes and sizes. Is your handbook a contract of employment, or a compilation of discretionary policy statements? The answer depends on whether your handbook has a disclaimer telling employees that they are at-will and cannot rely on the handbook as a contract. Because the handbook lacked any disclaimer language, the court held that he could.
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In the past, you may have kept your handbook to a minimum for fear that employees wouldn’t read a novel-size document. Here are five optional, but relevant, HR policies you should consider adding to the next version of your employee handbook. Adding a dress code policy to your employee handbook not only makes it easier to talk to employees who may not be following the policy, but it also gives them a better understanding of what is or isn’t acceptable workplace attire.
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