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Employee handbooks must ensure that they are aligned with strategic and business objectives, are properly drafted, and are effectively implemented. Our upcoming boot camp discusses how to develop and implement employee handbooks effectively and the key issues to consider in 2020 . The boot camp covers the following key areas: ·        A review of the NLRB’s recent memorandum on employee handbooks ·        How organizations can reduce the gap between policy issuance and effective implementation ·        Learn the dimensions of critical handbook policies and what should be included in an employee handbook ·        Understand the framework of employee handbook audit activities ·        Understand the employee handbooks required changes for 2020 LEARNING OBJECTIVES • Key employee handbook issues in 2020 • A review of t...

OVERVIEW Employee handbooks have become a valuable tool in providing important information to employees. Handbooks describe what employers expect of their employees, and what employees can (should) expect from their employers. Handbooks provide critical information about their employers and their workplaces, and describe how employees are expected to fit in. Additionally, employee handbooks formalize the mutual expectations of organizations and their employees. In delineating these expectations employee handbooks create opportunities and risks for employers. Handbooks provide organizations with the opportunity to enhance the value of their human capital, make their organizations more competitive, and improve individual and organizational performance. Conversely, handbooks can impede the achievement of business objectives, increase employment related liabilities, and reduce managerial prerogatives by making promises or commitments to certain procedural safeguards that the orga...

OVERVIEW A survey of employers revealed that organizations use employee handbooks to address key business, legal, and talent management issues. Unfortunately, they often limit the effectiveness of their handbook policies by using ineffective employee handbook practices.  As the survey report noted, in many organizations there is a disconnect between the drafting and issuing of handbook policies and the practices that ensure those policies are effectively implemented. This disconnect can lead to missed business opportunities, lost strategic goals, increased legal action, and the loss of critical talent. Employee handbooks have become a valuable tool in providing important information to employees.  Handbooks describe what employers expect of their employees, and what employees can (should) expect from their employers. Handbooks provide critical information about their employers, workplaces, and HR policies and procedures , and describe how employees are expected to f...