Updating your employee handbook: The essentials

By Tim Gould

It’s easy to overlook the importance of keeping the employee handbook current. Here’s a checklist you can use to make sure you’ve got all your bases covered.


A clearly-written, well organized handbook lays out the company’s expectations for employees. It also makes clear what the employee can expect from you.

And when done correctly, it can protect the employer from all sorts of legal headaches.
Sounds simple, right? Maybe not. Badly written or incomplete handbooks have gotten firms in trouble for everything from discriminatory hiring practices to unwittingly creating an employment contract.

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