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!” MORE
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) recently released a fantastic collection titled “ The ASTD Management Development Handbook ”. This is a very non-traditional approach to write a handbook of management development! MORE
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Those thick, dusty, cumbersome employee handbooks that your new hires don’t really want to […]. The post Is It Time To Spice Up Your Employee Handbook? General HR brand advocates employee handbook HR human resources new hires onboardingI love books! The smell of them. The art on the covers. The way I feel when I finally get a minute to myself and settle down with a good book. But do you know what book doesn’t make me happy? MORE
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
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! MORE
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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. MORE
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Yesterday’s Advisor examined how emerging HR issues are shaping handbooks, as reflected in a recent survey conducted by XpertHR. Today, how handbooks are managed. By Whom Are Handbooks Prepared? used consultants to prepare their handbook AND added legal review. 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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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
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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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You can’t tell employees to ‘play nice’ After a union cried foul about some of T-Mobiles policies, the NLRB dug into the telecommunication company’s employee handbook and rules. handbook policies prohibiting negative comments about fellow team members. MORE
On Wednesday, I blogged here about CareerBuilder’s list of the most unusual things job candidates have done during the interview process. And, yeah, the stuff they listed was pretty unusual. I guess. 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
So, how can you keep your employee handbook policies relevant to modern society and the current interpretations of the law? Here are five updates you should consider making to your employee handbook. In the past, a dress code policy might’ve been the longest policy in a handbook. Consider reviewing these areas of your handbook each year while doing a full audit at least every two years. 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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MAY 11, 2017
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.
TLNT: The Business of HR
MARCH 19, 2015
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.
Workbright
MAY 30, 2017
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!”
HR Morning
APRIL 8, 2016
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.
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HR Daily Advisor
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
Most organizations have created some form of employee handbook, and for good reason. Best Practices When Creating a Comprehensive Employee Handbook. Beyond the basics above, here are some best practices for creating, communicating, and maintaining an employee handbook.
HR Morning
JULY 13, 2016
You can’t tell employees to ‘play nice’ After a union cried foul about some of T-Mobiles policies, the NLRB dug into the telecommunication company’s employee handbook and rules. handbook policies prohibiting negative comments about fellow team members.
Evil HR Lady
JANUARY 27, 2016
Large companies aren’t the only businesses that need an employee handbook. Here are some best practices on what your handbook should cover and how you can distribute it. Here are a number of common points covered in handbooks: What is the vacation policy?
Paychex
AUGUST 26, 2016
Three Paychex HR professionals offer an inside look at creating an effective employee handbook
HR Morning
AUGUST 11, 2016
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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HRE's The Leader Board
APRIL 29, 2016
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.
Cornerstone On Demand
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
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.
Get Hppy
MARCH 24, 2016
Making an Employee Handbook that Truly Engages Your Staff. But, if you learn how to create an effective employee handbook, you can e many of these issues from the very beginning of someone’s employment with your business.
Evil HR Lady
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
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.
TLNT: The Business of HR
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
A few missing words in your employee handbook words may open your FMLA floodgates, and you wouldn’t want to make the same egregious mistake as a Michigan employer recently did. HR Basics Legal Issues employee handbook FMLA HR basics HR communications HR management Legal By Eric B.
The Employer Handbook
MAY 12, 2017
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.
About Human Resources
MARCH 23, 2016
Do you need a table of contents for a comprehensive employee handbook for your organization? Here are suggested policies, procedures, forms, and checklists
BambooHR
FEBRUARY 11, 2016
No matter how small or large a company is, everyone needs an employee handbook. But just because it’s an industry best practices requirement doesn’t mean your employee handbooks can’t be fun. company culture General HR HR human resources company policies employee handbook
HR Daily Advisor
APRIL 30, 2015
Yesterday’s Advisor examined how emerging HR issues are shaping handbooks, as reflected in a recent survey conducted by XpertHR. Today, how handbooks are managed. By Whom Are Handbooks Prepared? used consultants to prepare their handbook AND added legal review.
HR C-Suite
AUGUST 7, 2016
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 […].
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MAY 21, 2012
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) recently released a fantastic collection titled “ The ASTD Management Development Handbook ”. This is a very non-traditional approach to write a handbook of management development!
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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
Those thick, dusty, cumbersome employee handbooks that your new hires don’t really want to […]. The post Is It Time To Spice Up Your Employee Handbook? General HR brand advocates employee handbook HR human resources new hires onboardingI love books! The smell of them. The art on the covers. The way I feel when I finally get a minute to myself and settle down with a good book. But do you know what book doesn’t make me happy?
Ohio Employer's Law
DECEMBER 20, 2016
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.
HRWatchdog
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
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.
Strategic HCM
NOVEMBER 25, 2015
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.
Strategic HCM
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
I'm a contributor to the ATD's Talent Management Handbook, due out in November. The book provides an overview of the whole of talent management, mainly written for talent developers.
Insperity
MARCH 3, 2016
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.
Ceridian
DECEMBER 18, 2014
HR Compliance ACA Affordable Care Act employee handbook employee leave employee policies Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA hr compliance social media One of the most basic aspects of human capital management that you always need to be mindful of is the need to set the ground rules for your employees – what they can and can’t do, and what basic norms they need to observe in order to keep the workplace “up to code” and productive. […].
SAP Innovation
NOVEMBER 9, 2015
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!
TLNT: The Business of HR
OCTOBER 19, 2015
Many companies, especially smaller businesses, do not get the chance to update their employee handbook on a regular basis. Behavior Employee Handbook & Policies HR Insights HR Management HR Trends Workforce Featured
HR Daily Advisor
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
Employee handbooks are recommended for several reasons, including that they set forth key company policies. Well-written handbook policies state how compensation will be addressed and who has the power to bind the company. by Edward O. Sweeney, Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP.
Ohio Employer's Law
MARCH 22, 2016
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.
TLNT: The Business of HR
APRIL 12, 2016
Employee Handbook & Policies HR Communications HR Insights HR Management Legal, Compliance & Policies Talent Management WorkforceBy Eric B. Meyer.
Insperity
MAY 30, 2017
So, how can you keep your employee handbook policies relevant to modern society and the current interpretations of the law? Here are five updates you should consider making to your employee handbook. In the past, a dress code policy might’ve been the longest policy in a handbook. Consider reviewing these areas of your handbook each year while doing a full audit at least every two years.
The Employer Handbook
JANUARY 27, 2017
On Wednesday, I blogged here about CareerBuilder’s list of the most unusual things job candidates have done during the interview process. And, yeah, the stuff they listed was pretty unusual. I guess.
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