Design Your Own Effective Employee Handbook: How to Make the Most of Your Staff With Companion CD-ROM [Paperback]

Michelle L. Devon (Author), Marie Lujanac (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0910627797 | ISBN-13: 978-0910627795 | Publication Date: October 15, 2006

If you have employees, you need employment policies in writing distributed to every employee. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that businesses can protect themselves against damages and liability against employee lawsuits by providing clear, written policies covering the rights and responsibilities of their employees. Written policies provide the principles and basis for a business to manage its employees. The employee handbook helps employees and manager s become aware of what is expected and can prevent misunderstandings. A handbook will also assist with employment law compliance. A written Employee Handbook gives everyone including management the same set of rules to follow. Our Employee Handbook Template is the ideal solution to produce your own handbook in less than an hour. The companion CD rom in MS word contains the template which you can easily edit for our own purposes, essentially fill in the blank. The book discusses various options you may have in developing the policies. Our employee handbook has been edited and approved by lawyers specializing in employment law. Developing your own handbook now could be easier or less expensive. Here are the topics covered: Equal employment opportunity Age discrimination Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Unacceptable job performance Termination Substance abuse Drug and alcohol testing Safety and harassment Compensation policies Job classifications Recordkeeping Overtime Employee performance evaluations Wage and salary reviews Payroll deductions Reduction in wages Pay periods and payroll advances Wage garnishment Severance pay Unemployment compensation Smoke-free workplace Dress code Flexible scheduling and telecommuting Absenteeism Confidentiality and employee privacy Electronic communication Responsible use of equipment, E-mail, Internet, and prohibited content Plus much more

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company (FL) (October 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0910627797
• ISBN-13: 978-0910627795
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,024,343 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does a fine job of considering the ramifications of an employee handbook, June 8, 2007

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Design Your Own Effective Employee Handbook: How to Make the Most of Your Staff With Companion CD-ROM (Paperback)

Michelle Devon's DESIGN YOUR OWN EFFECTIVE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK: HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR STAFF comes with a companion cd-rom and provides a basic instruction manual to producing an employee handbook. While the cd-rom makes it easy to just fill in the blanks with company-specific information and policies, the book does a fine job of considering the ramifications of an employee handbook, from legal considerations to difficult subjects such as safety and harassment, drug testing, reduction in wages, and more.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Multimedia format makes this info-packed guide easy to follow and implement, April 16, 2007

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Miranda L. Miller (Tara, ON) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Design Your Own Effective Employee Handbook: How to Make the Most of Your Staff With Companion CD-ROM (Paperback)

As a small business owner, I appreciated the direct, instructional approach of this guide. Every business should have an effective employee handbook, but after receiving quotes for hundreds and even thousands of dollars to have one written for my staff, I decided to go it alone. I was still afraid that it would take me weeks to accomplish, but after reading Design Your Own Effective Employee Handbook I actually had mine finished within a week.

This guide contains every last helpful tip and important consideration you need to know before writing your own employee handbook. My staff now refer to it often, which has saved me a lot of time in training and answering questions - I now just send them to "The Book"! Devon's guide is well organized and easy to read, which is a good thing, since I didn't have a lot of time on my hands to sift through things I didn't need to know. Her guide walked me through the planning, writing and polishing stages from start to finish; what I ended up with was a comprehensive guide including everything from legalities and a code of conduct, to a new "no tolerance" policy - things I could not have written on my own. I saved a good deal of time and money in using Devon's book to guide me through the writing of my own employee handbook, which is why I believe it's a must-have for any business owner.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Employee Handbooks 101, April 4, 2007

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Ryan W. Worthy - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Design Your Own Effective Employee Handbook: How to Make the Most of Your Staff With Companion CD-ROM (Paperback)

Devon's book provides a detailed guide for creating a company handbook that will both serve your employees as well as protect the company. She provides example handbooks as well as a pre-written template where most of the work is already completed for you. The book explains which policies to include in your handbook (such as employment "at-will", work hours and break policies, reward and recognition policies, how to handle nepotism, etc). It also explains what you should and should not state in your handbook to help you avoid legal conflicts. There are many sections which are useful, but I think the most important aspect of this book is that it gets you thinking about how to create your handbook and how to avoid potential employee relation problems in the future. It also helps inspire you to really figure out what your policies are and what you want them to be and then helps you put them in place. If you want to create an employee handbook, this book contains all the information you would need to complete the task.