Do you have advice regarding dos and donts for Employee Handbooks?
This was selected as Best Answer Hi Heather, Depending on your jurisdiction, consideration is not always required before making prospective changes to employer policies contained in an employee handbook. Here are 7 quick tips: (1) Have all language reviewed by legal counsel in the relevant jurisdiction/state. State laws vary regarding the treatment of employee handbooks and whether they can create contractual rights, legitimate expectations that alter “at-will” status, reasonable expectations of privacy, etc. (2) Permissive versus mandatory language is generally better in order to preserve at least a modicum of discretion. (3) Plain English works well. (4) Be concise. (5) Determine if handbook will be used by supervisors as an instruction manual and modify details accordingly. (I prefer placing supervisor instructions in an “operations manual”). (6) Include a detailed table of contents, numbered paragraphs, and date and version numbers in the footer to assist the reader. (7) In most ju
