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Now is the time to prepare for the coming months and one document which is vital for you as a business owner is the Employee Handbook.  This will also help employees in these uncertain times.

Why not revise the Employee Handbook as well as build in return to work guidelines, working from home, communicating with your manager?  It is time to ask your employees what questions they have so you can compile and circulate it to everyone.

Remember a good  Employee Handbook needs to have the input of the managers as well as HR, it will evolve along with the company, have values and guidelines.  There are certain policies and procedures that need to be incorporated but by putting the right information into it you help the managers manage and the employees know what the company expects from them.  Not to mention it is one rule for everyone rather than a manager asked and says what they believe is the answer and then forget it, giving another employee a different answer.   Word spreads and if it benefits one employee more than another resentment then spreads.

If you use a portal like, Breathe, then it is accessible any time of the day for people to refer to it.

We recently worked on one after talking to the company, we discussed their values, how they manage their employees, what the managers are empowered to do and what the employees may want to know.  This employee handbook is scalable so as they grow it won’t need to be changed, only updated with legislation.

If you would like to know more about how we can work with you create one, please call us on 01483 697076.

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