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Simple steps to create an employee handbook

Business Management Daily

Current employees can also benefit from having a quick reference guide when a question or concern arises about sick days, various types of leave, reporting harassment, or office policies. These handbooks provide a wealth of information that all staff can benefit from. An employee handbook can also help with compliance.

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What you need to include in a small business employee handbook

Business Management Daily

First, they act as an in-depth introduction to your company for new hires. Employee handbooks also act as a reference point for current employees. Employees can reference their employee handbook when a question or concern arises about holiday pay, sick leave, or the dress code and find an answer quickly. Company perks.

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Legal considerations for returning to business as usual post-COVID

Business Management Daily

Major employers are announcing that workers will soon be called back to their cubicles. Google, Bloomberg, and other major employers say it will be business as usual by Labor Day. Others who worked from home while managing remote schooling and childcare may welcome a distraction-free environment.

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How prepared are workers’ compensation systems for COVID-19?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

There could, of course, be only one answer to these inquiries, that the influenza, though a great misfortune, could not by any stretch of imagination be considered as an accident arising out of employment. I've included a list of notable pandemics from Madhav N, Oppenheim B, Gallivan M, et al. Source: 1918 Annual report ibid.,

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Telecommuting Discrimination – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

I work for a company that sometimes allows employees to work from home. However, several of my co-workers have been told that they cannot work from home if they have children that are home with them. By definition, telecommuting is when an employee works from home.

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Employee handbook examples and sample policies

Business Management Daily

After the table of contents, you can move on to a thorough list of employment policies including leave policies, company property usage guidelines, your company culture code or mission statement, and non-discrimination policies. At-will employment statement. The at-will employment statement is often followed by a signature line.

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It’s time to modernize your employee handbook with this simple checklist

Business Management Daily

At-will employment. Is it clear that all employment is at-will? Workers should understand that at-will arrangements give both workers and companies the right to terminate employment at any time with or without reason. However, employers cannot fire on the basis of a protected category such as race or disability.