An employee handbook is one of the most important components employment attorneys advise companies to have and update regularly. The reasons for this are simple: employee handbooks not only formalize ...

Your employee handbook is an important resource for you and your team, and it's most effective when it accurately reflects current laws and regulations. In the past, it might have seemed like a simple ...

A comprehensive employee handbook is a necessity in today's business community. Handbooks exist so employers can effectively manage their workplace. Distribution of the handbook ensures that employees ...

Business owners with small teams of four or five people usually ignore (or aren’t aware of) the importance of an employee handbook. Even the term “employee handbook” sounds overly official and may ...

For years, employee handbooks were treated as routine onboarding documents, i.e., something handed out on a new hire’s first day and rarely revisited unless a legal issue arose. But in 2026, the pace ...

As the new year begins, employers should take a step back to evaluate the state of their employee handbook. Employee handbooks are an essential tool in any business as they clearly lay out the company ...

AN EMPLOYEE handbook can be crucial in building a positive workplace culture and employee loyalty, but it is not easy to write. Every company, no matter how small, would benefit a lot by having an ...

Multistate employers often face the difficult task of finding the most effective way to prepare their handbooks while ensuring compliance not only with federal law, but also with the applicable state, ...

Joycelyn Stevenson is office managing shareholder in the Nashville office of Littler. Toward the end of the year, we typically see an uptick in handbook inquiries as businesses prepare for policy ...

As with any legal document a company needs, there are great examples and horrible examples of employee guidelines, with lots of boring ones sprinkled throughout. While it is critical that the handbook ...