For years, employee handbooks were treated as routine onboarding documents, i.e., something handed out on a new hire’s first day and rarely revisited unless a legal issue arose. But in 2026, the pace ...

An employee handbook is one of the most important components employment attorneys advise companies to have and update regularly. The reasons for this are simple: employee handbooks not only formalize ...

Employers of all sizes often maintain, for a variety of reasons, an employee handbook. These handbooks usually summarize, in varying degrees of detail, employment policies, procedures and rules ...

You’re well aware of how important it is for employees to understand and follow HR policies like paid time off and dress code. The challenge is that communicating about policies is always a delicate ...

Your employee handbook is an important resource for you and your team, and it's most effective when it accurately reflects current laws and regulations. In the past, it might have seemed like a simple ...

Employee handbooks should include equal employment opportunity policies Employee handbooks should include policies addressing health and safety in the workplace Creating an employee handbook can seem ...

Business owners with small teams of four or five people usually ignore (or aren’t aware of) the importance of an employee handbook. Even the term “employee handbook” sounds overly official and may ...

As the new year begins, employers should take a step back to evaluate the state of their employee handbook. Employee handbooks are an essential tool in any business as they clearly lay out the company ...

As with any legal document a company needs, there are great examples and horrible examples of employee guidelines, with lots of boring ones sprinkled throughout. While it is critical that the handbook ...