Creating Employee Handbooks that Protect You and Support the Companys Culture

Recorded Session
60 Minutes

The #MeToo movement made it plain that an employee handbook must explain expected behavior and what happens when it isn't followed. A good handbook has to be legally compliant, but it can also help define your company culture.

This 60-minute employee handbook training, led by an employment attorney and author, starts with the basics of compliance with federal, state and municipal laws and the regulations and case law that interpret them.

It then looks at how to use the handbook to reinforce your culture, vision, mission, values and goals, and how graphics, video and online storage can make a handbook people actually want to read.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

Many employee handbooks are out of date, cover only legal and administrative policies, and are dull to read. A handbook can do more than meet compliance needs; it can also support the culture you want.

This session suits HR managers, directors, partners and consultants responsible for writing or updating handbooks.

AREA COVERED

  • A brief history of employee handbooks
  • Why your welcome letter should come before your disclaimers
  • At-will and other disclaimers
  • Hiring and orientation
  • Wage and hour
  • Performance management and discipline
  • Communication policies
  • Benefits
  • Leave management
  • Discrimination and harassment
  • Safety
  • Bringing your employee handbook to life

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Identify what must be included in your employee handbook
  • Decide what else can be included
  • Keep your handbook compliant with federal, state and local laws
  • Write a handbook that reflects your culture and that people want to read
  • Use video and other tools to bring your handbook to life

WHO WILL BENEFIT?

  • Human Resource Manager
  • Director of Human Resources
  • Human Resources Partner
  • Human Resource Consultant

Many employee handbooks are out of date, cover only legal and administrative policies, and are dull to read. A handbook can do more than meet compliance needs; it can also support the culture you want.

This session suits HR managers, directors, partners and consultants responsible for writing or updating handbooks.

  • A brief history of employee handbooks
  • Why your welcome letter should come before your disclaimers
  • At-will and other disclaimers
  • Hiring and orientation
  • Wage and hour
  • Performance management and discipline
  • Communication policies
  • Benefits
  • Leave management
  • Discrimination and harassment
  • Safety
  • Bringing your employee handbook to life
  • Identify what must be included in your employee handbook
  • Decide what else can be included
  • Keep your handbook compliant with federal, state and local laws
  • Write a handbook that reflects your culture and that people want to read
  • Use video and other tools to bring your handbook to life
  • Human Resource Manager
  • Director of Human Resources
  • Human Resources Partner
  • Human Resource Consultant
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Speaker Profile

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Don has been a California employment practices attorney since 1983. He litigated employment and business cases for 17 years and quit once he figured out that nobody wins a lawsuit. Since leaving litigation, he has written numerous books and presented more than 500 times to executives nationwide. He loves talking about emotional intelligence and creating engaging workplaces!Don was the founder and President of HR That Works, used by 3,500 companies and acquired by ThinkHR in January 2014. He worked there for two years as a V.P.Now in his “wisdom-sharing years,” Don loves advising and coaching executives. …

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