The Small-Business Guide to Creating Your Employee Handbook

Kimberley King, Elise Riddall

Description

What all great companies have in common is a well-defined set of rules recorded in an easily accessible employee handbook. The Small-Business Guide to Creating Your Employee Handbook provides you with all the information you need to create an understandable set of rules and regulations for your employees to follow. New and current employees will appreciate the information you set out in your employee handbook. It not only provides your employees with company policies but also provides protection against unfair treatment, discrimination, and legal claims. Your handbook will be a valuable communication tool for both your business and your employees. This step-by-step guide will help you define professional conduct, establish health and safety requirements, describe group and other benefits, and construct social media policies. It also provides information on how to make a nondisclosure agreement so employees cannot give information about your company to your competitors, while they are employed by you or after they leave. The download kit included with this book contains easy-to-use forms to help you as you prepare your small business’s very own employee handbook.
Introduction xiii
1 About This Employee Handbook 1
2 Start Your Handbook with a Welcoming Introduction 5
3 Employment Policies 9
4 Position and Pay 13
1. Defining Positions 13
2. Training Pay 14
3. Pay for Travel 14
4. Overtime (OT) pay 15
5. Meal Breaks 15
6. Pay Periods 15
7. Recording Hours Worked 16
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8. Report to Work Pay Guidelines 16
9. Working from Home or a Remote Location 17
5 Benefits 21
1. Group Benefits 21
2. Other Benefits 21
6 Holidays and Time Away from Work 25
1. Statutory Holidays 25
2. Vacation Policy, Pay, and Eligibility 25
3. Other Leaves of Absence 27
3.1 Pregnancy, parental, or adoption leave 27
3.2 Compassionate care leave 27
3.3 Jury or witness duty or reservist leave 27
3.4 Family responsibility leave 27
3.5 Bereavement leave 27
3.6 Other personal leaves of absence 28
7 Health and Safety 43
8 Company Policies 47
1. Attendance and Punctuality 47
2. Dress Code or Special Clothing and
Personal Hygiene 47
3. Job Abandonment 48
4. Professional Conduct and Possible Reasons
for Termination 48
5. Technology Use Policy 48
6. Drug- and Alcohol-Free Workplace 48
7. Non-Disclosure Agreement 49
9 Other Information 57
1. If You Voluntarily Leave the Company 57
2. Changes to Your Personal Information 57
3. Any Other Company-Specific Policies 57
10 Not Quite the End 61
Contents vii
Samples
1. About the Handbook 3
2. Welcome Page 7
3. Disability Accommodations Policy 9
4. Discrimination, Harassment, and Bullying Policy 10
5. Human Rights Policy 11
6. Defining Positions 17
7. Pay for Training 17
8. Travel Time Pay Guidelines 18
9. Overtime Pay 19
10. Meal Breaks 19
11. Pay Periods 19
12. Recording Hours Worked 20
13. Report to Work Pay Guidelines 20
14. Working from Home or a Remote Location 20
15. Benefits Plan 23
16. Statutory Holidays 30
17. Vacation Policy, Pay, and Eligibility 33
18. Pregnancy, Parental, or Adoption Leave 36
19. Compassionate Care Leave 38
20. Jury or Witness Duty or Reservist Leave 39
21. Family Responsibility Leave BC 39
22. Bereavement Leave 40
23. Other Leaves of Absence 41
24. No Guarantee 42
25. Benefits While on Leave 42
26. Health and Safety 45
27. Attendance and Punctuality 49
28. Dress Code 49
29. Special Clothing 50
30. Personal Hygiene 50
31. Job Abandonment 50
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32. Professional Conduct and Termination 51
33. Technology Use 52
34. Drug- and Alcohol-Free Workplace 56
35. Non-Disclosure 56
36. Leaving the Company 58
37. Personal Information 59

Informations

• Publié par: Self-Counsel Press
• Date de parution: 01 octobre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781770409767
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

The Small-Business Guide to Creating Your Employee Handbook
Kimberley King, BA, CHRP and Elise Riddall, BA
Self-Counsel Press (a division of) International Self-Counsel Press Ltd. USA Canada

Copyright © 2018

International Self-Counsel Press All rights reserved.
Contents

Cover

Title Page

Introduction

1. How to Use This Guide to Create the Right Handbook for Your Company

Chapter 1: About This Employee Handbook

Sample 1: About the Handbook

Chapter 2: Start Your Handbook with a Welcoming Introduction

Sample 2: Welcome Page

Chapter 3: Employment Policies

Sample 3: Disability Accommodations Policy

Sample 4: Discrimination, Harassment, and Bullying Policy

Sample 5: Human Rights Policy

Chapter 4: Position and Pay

1. Defining Positions

Sample 6: Defining Positions

2. Training Pay

Sample 7: Pay for Training

3. Pay for Travel and Expenses

Sample 8: Travel Time Pay Guidelines

4. Overtime (OT) Pay

Sample 9: Overtime Pay

5. Meal Breaks

Sample 10: Meal Break

6. Pay Periods

Sample 11: Pay Periods

7. Recording Hours Worked

Sample 12: Recording Hours Worked

8. Report to Work Pay Guidelines

Sample 13: Report to Work Pay Guidelines

9. Working from Home or a Remote Location

Sample 14: Working from Home or a Remote Location

Chapter 5: Benefits

1. Group Benefits

2. Other Benefits

Sample 15: Benefits Plan

Chapter 6: Holidays and Time Away from Work

1. Statutory Holidays

Sample 16: Statutory Holidays

2. Vacation Policy, Pay, and Eligibility

Sample 17: Vacation Policy, Pay, and Eligibility

3. Other Leaves of Absence

Sample 18: Pregnancy, Parental, or Adoption Leave

Sample 19: Compassionate Care and Emergency Leave

Sample 20: Jury or Witness Duty or Reservist Leave

Sample 21: Family Responsibility Leave BC

Sample 22: Bereavement Leave

Sample 23: Other Leaves of Absence

Sample 24: No Guarantee

Sample 25: Benefits While on Leave

Chapter 7: Health and Safety

Sample 26: Health and Safety

Chapter 8: Company Policies

1. Attendance and Punctuality

Sample 27: Attendance and Punctuality

2. Dress Code or Special Clothing and Personal Hygiene

Sample 28: Dress Code

Sample 29: Special Clothing

Sample 30: Personal Hygiene

3. Job Abandonment

Sample 31: Job Abandonment

4. Professional Conduct and Possible Reasons for Termination

Sample 32: Professional Conduct and Termination

5. Technology Use Policy

Sample 33: Technology Use

6. Drug- and Alcohol-Free Workplace