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Employee Handbook Policies
Employee handbooks serve as a valuable communication resource for company-specific and legally mandated policies. These policies inform employees of their rights, responsibilities, and benefits and cover a wide range of topics important to the workplace. When drafting a handbook, certain policies should be included if they apply to your company (list is not all-inclusive).
Company Information: general information about the company and its way of doing business as well as how it complies with federal, state and local law
- Welcome, history, values, etc.
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- Employment-at-will (if applicable)
- Purpose of the handbook
Expected Conduct: what the company expects from the employee
- Standards of conduct
- Progressive discipline
- Personal appearance / uniforms
- Safety
- Timekeeping
- Work schedule / attendance / breaks
- Telephone use
- Care of company property
- Driving for the company
- Working from home
- Leaving the company
Employee’s Rights: what the employee can expect from the company
- Pay procedures – payday, pay cycle, methods of pay, and established 7-day work week
- Employee classification
- Overtime
- Workers’ compensation
Employee Benefits: wide-ranging policies of company-designed and legally required perks
Time off: paid and unpaid time off employees are allowed to take and the specific requirements for eligibility, making requests, tracking, pay-in-lieu-of, carryover (as determined by the company or by applicable law)
Time off usually dictated by the company but may be impacted in part by regulations:
- Vacation and/or PTO (combination of vacation and sick)
- Holidays
- Bereavement
- Volunteering
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Time off that may be implemented by the company or may be required by state or local law:
- Sick
- Jury duty
- Voting
- Victim of a crime / victim of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault
- Voluntary emergency responder / disaster responder
Leaves of absence: extended time off (paid or unpaid) that may be required or recommended for compliance under federal or state law
- Medical
- Maternity / Paternity
- FMLA and/or state-mandated
- Military
- Personal
Insurance benefits: include general descriptions of offerings referring to summary plan description for details
- Medical
- Dental
- Life
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Retirement packages
Remember when drafting your handbook to include only those policies and laws that are required for your company; do not include something that does not pertain to your company, leaving you accountable for them.
Next week: Handbook Do’s and Don’ts
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