Employee handbooks have grown from simple lists of work rules and benefits into part of an organization-wide management process that supports business objectives, adds value to human capital and reduces legal risk. This 90-minute employee handbook training explains how to make yours effective.
You'll review the basics of handbook development, the expanding purposes and scope of handbooks, a handbook template and the dimensions of critical policies. The session covers an NLRB General Counsel memorandum warning that badly designed handbooks can break the law and chill employee activity, how to close the gap between issuing a policy and implementing it, and a framework for handbook audits.
It also explains the role of stakeholder input, metrics and internal controls in keeping handbook policies working.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
A handbook sets out what employers and employees can expect of each other. Done well, it supports the employment brand, recruitment, retention, morale and consistent policy enforcement. Done poorly, it can make promises you didn't intend, increase liability and undercut managers.
This session suits HR professionals, risk managers, internal auditors, in-house counsel, CFOs, CEOs, management consultants and anyone who develops or implements handbooks.
AREA COVERED
- Key employee handbook issues
- The NLRB General Counsel memorandum on employee handbooks
- Reducing the gap between policy issuance and effective implementation
- Basics of employee handbook development
- The expanding purposes and scope of employee handbooks
- Handbook template and the dimensions of critical policies
- A framework for employee handbook audits
- Stakeholder participation, metrics and internal controls
- Aligning handbooks with strategic and business objectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Explain the expanding purposes and scope of employee handbooks
- Apply the basics of handbook development using a template
- Identify handbook policies that may conflict with NLRB guidance
- Close the gap between issuing and implementing policies
- Use handbooks to support recruitment, retention and consistent enforcement
- Plan an employee handbook audit
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
- HR Professionals
- Risk Managers
- Internal Auditors
- In-house Counsel
- CFOs and CEOs
- Management Consultants
- Other individuals who want to learn how to use develop and implement employee handbooks
A handbook sets out what employers and employees can expect of each other. Done well, it supports the employment brand, recruitment, retention, morale and consistent policy enforcement. Done poorly, it can make promises you didn't intend, increase liability and undercut managers.
This session suits HR professionals, risk managers, internal auditors, in-house counsel, CFOs, CEOs, management consultants and anyone who develops or implements handbooks.
- Key employee handbook issues
- The NLRB General Counsel memorandum on employee handbooks
- Reducing the gap between policy issuance and effective implementation
- Basics of employee handbook development
- The expanding purposes and scope of employee handbooks
- Handbook template and the dimensions of critical policies
- A framework for employee handbook audits
- Stakeholder participation, metrics and internal controls
- Aligning handbooks with strategic and business objectives
- Explain the expanding purposes and scope of employee handbooks
- Apply the basics of handbook development using a template
- Identify handbook policies that may conflict with NLRB guidance
- Close the gap between issuing and implementing policies
- Use handbooks to support recruitment, retention and consistent enforcement
- Plan an employee handbook audit
- HR Professionals
- Risk Managers
- Internal Auditors
- In-house Counsel
- CFOs and CEOs
- Management Consultants
- Other individuals who want to learn how to use develop and implement employee handbooks