Employee Handbook Writing Tips

Need help writing your employee handbook? The following articles, templates, and checklists should help.

Download Employee Handbook Template

This Employee Handbook template includes 140 topics, which can be easily modified to meet your organization’s needs. You can download the templates in either MS Office or Apple iWork format.  The content is the exact same.

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Learn more about this Employee Manual template, including screenshots and sample pages

The template includes 100 pages of sample material, including sections on Employment Status and Records, Employee Benefit Programs, Timekeeping, Payroll, Anti Discrimination, Harassment, Work Conditions, Leave of Absence, Employee Conduct, Disciplinary Actions, IT Policies, and Health and Safety.

What is an Employee Handbook?

Most definitions of employee handbooks miss one important point.

  • An employee handbook describes what you, as an employer, can expect from your employees.
  • An employee handbook also describes what you, as an employee, can expect from your employer.

From my experience, employee handbooks are fall into two categories:

  • An employee handbook written to comply with regulations. ‘We have to had an an employee handbook – let’s get something out there.’
  • An employee handbook written to help new employees feel comfortable in their new role, to understand the values the company believes in, and to encourage responsibility when interacting with customers.

Does Your Small Business Really Needs an Employee Handbook?

Why do all large companies have an Employee Handbook? A legally sound, well crafted Employee Handbook can potentially save a company tens of thousands of dollars in legal costs while serving to relieve administrative confusion by clarifying key company policies. In this article, we’ll take a look at the three main reasons successful companies today depend on their employee handbooks.

Does Every SME Need an Employee Handbook?

An employee handbook (or employee manual or staff handbook) details guidelines, expectations and procedures of a business or company to its employees. Employee Handbooks are given to employees on one of the first days of his/her job, in order to acquaint them with their new company and its policies.

How to Write Your First Employee Manual

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