Is your employee handbook getting you in trouble?

Business & Corporate, Employment & Labor, Featured

By Rayan F. Coutinho

Introduction

There is no law that requires an employer to provide employees with a handbook. However, the employee handbook has become an extremely important document. It is a type of preventative medicine and can also serve as a good business planning tool. Many employers find it useful to distribute written manuals outlining company policies and procedures to all employees. These may be simple, setting out only general company policy on working hours, termination, vacations, benefits (including a brief description of tax qualified plans), and company holidays, or they may be lengthy and elaborate describing policies relating to all areas of employment law. Everything contained in an employee manual must be consistent with current company policy and stated in unambiguous terms. If you decide to use an employee manual, it should be reviewed with counsel annually and updated frequently.

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