Customized Employee Handbooks and Policies and Procedures Manuals are worth the investment!
The Employee Handbook is an important tool for an organization, for in it, a company expresses its culture. It is critical that an organization invest the right amount of resources to ensure that its infrastructure is solid, and will support the company’s growth and objectives.
Both, the Policies and Procedures Manual and the Employee Handbook are living tools that should evolve with an organization. Therefore, they should be revised and updated frequently to reflect and support the organization.
Poorly Drafted Employee Handbooks may pose several risks to your organization:
 A poorly drafted Employee Handbook is an ineffective tool and may create ambiguity
Ambiguity may create divergent expectations between employer and employees that can lead to organizational conflict
Lack of knowledge about employment law may lead to the inclusion of illegal provisions or to the exclusion of federal and state regulations that must be disclosed to employees
Incomplete language in an Employee Handbook can also cause serious problems. Leaving out disclaimer language and/or provisions may open an employer to liability
Advantages of partnering with HRFunctions:
Align the company’s mission, vision and objectives with its standards of conduct, and policies and procedures
Establish and create awareness of reasonable standards and code of conduct in a format that is easily understood and disseminated
Establish general performance standards and expectations
Adequately disclose and properly administer applicable federal and state laws and regulations
Establish uniform communication throughout an organization in matters that affect the at-will-employment relationship
Establish communication that creates a forum by which employees are treated fairly and consistently throughout the organization
HRFunctions is committed to providing your organization with cost and time-effective human resource solutions that allow your organization to focus its resources on running and growing the core business.
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