Management Programs

Developing Your Employee Handbook

HR211    $ 795.00
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This workshop will provide you with an understanding of:

  • Legal implications of an organization's written policies and procedures
  • Costs and benefits of placing informal practices in an employee handbook
  • Alternative formats for writing, disseminating, and updating the handbook
  • Why every organization should have an up-to-date handbook
  • Plans for developing and updating your organization's handbook
  • Communicating your organization's values and goals

Key Topics

  • Key language required to limit corporate liability
  • Developing the structure of the handbook
  • How to draft key policies and procedures
  • How to format individual policies
  • The legal and pragmatic implications of critical policies
  • Key legal and pragmatic distinctions between an employee handbook and a policy manual
  • Legal requirements and practical reasons for committing certain topics in writing
  • Techniques to ensure that the organization's current policies and practices are addressed in the development/ revision of the handbook
  • Employment-at-will concerns and limiting employer liability
  • Disclaimer language and its strategic placement throughout the handbook

Special Features

You will receive a copy of the Guide to Employee Handbooks by Robert J. Nobile.

Who Will Benefit

HR managers with responsibility for developing or updating a policy manual or employee handbook; individuals with responsibility for policy and procedure development and implementation

Instructors

Robert J. Nobile, William P. Perkins

Your workshop will be led by one of these instructors.


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