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With all the changes that have been happening it is important to make sure your Employee Handbook reflect these.  Many employees are working remotely so they cannot just ask you when they bump into you or have a meeting.

Why not revise the Employee Handbook as well as build in hybrid working, working from home, and other changes that two years ago you wouldn’t have thought about?  You may consider asking 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.  You can also ask people to mark that they have read it, including when it is updated.

The tone is important, it needs to be easy to read and find the information.

This employee handbook is scalable so as they grow it won’t need to be changed, only updated with legislation, one we recently reviewed from a client has flexible working request for parents only. It is good to have it reviewed regularly that is what we do with our clients.

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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