Create Your Own Employee Handbook A Legal and Practical Guide

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Whether a business has only one employee or several thousand, managers, HR professionals and business owners need to provide their workers with a handbook that spells out the company's benefits, policies, procedures and more.Create Your Own Employee Handbook provides all the information and sample forms users need to create their own reader-friendly policy guide. Each chapter covers a different topic, including:· at-will employment· hiring· pay and payroll· workdays and hours· performance evaluations· benefits· discrimination and harassment· complaint policies and investigations· leave· health and safety· substance abuse· privacy in the workplace· disciplineEach chapter first explains the legal and practical considerations that apply to its topic then supplies sample policies which readers can tailor to meet their needs. A CD-ROM lets readers cut-and-paste policies to create their own handbook.