Comments on: Do you Need an Employee Handbook? http://researchtube.info/do-you-need-an-employee-handbook Place for action research and classroom action research tutorials, articles and documentaries in the world Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:24:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: su2ze http://researchtube.info/do-you-need-an-employee-handbook/comment-page-1#comment-1733 su2ze Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:24:47 +0000 http://researchtube.info/do-you-need-an-employee-handbook#comment-1733 Draft all information that you deem important, starting from safety to legal to ethical points.....then go through everything and you will discover more that you might want to include....check out the language and make sure it is clear and concise and employees can understand it....finally, put in a clause that all points can and will be edited or changed as your company sees fit....after that, you will know instinctively what to change, add or delete as your company grows and thrives....(your employees inadvertantly give you hints...) also it might not hurt to put that employees who work as a team often come up with info for your handbook...good luck...ours was wrtitten on a wing and a prayer and is so good now.... Draft all information that you deem important, starting from safety to legal to ethical points…..then go through everything and you will discover more that you might want to include….check out the language and make sure it is clear and concise and employees can understand it….finally, put in a clause that all points can and will be edited or changed as your company sees fit….after that, you will know instinctively what to change, add or delete as your company grows and thrives….(your employees inadvertantly give you hints…) also it might not hurt to put that employees who work as a team often come up with info for your handbook…good luck…ours was wrtitten on a wing and a prayer and is so good now….

]]> By: eric r http://researchtube.info/do-you-need-an-employee-handbook/comment-page-1#comment-1730 eric r Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:07:33 +0000 http://researchtube.info/do-you-need-an-employee-handbook#comment-1730 First of all, ignore the idiot who told you to call the BBB. They are not in the business of adjudicating employer-employee differences and would most likely report you to the company - getting you fired. A company handbook is not necessarily a binding document. HOWEVER, if this was given to you as an explanation of the terms of conditions of your employment at the time you were hired, it IS. You have a reasonable expectation that the promises presented in the handbook will be fulfilled, and you have a legal cause of action. In order to protect yourself, remember that raising this is likely to get you fired if you become pushy. If you can get another job soon, or have enough savings to live on while you take 2 - 5 years to press a lawsuit, you probably will end up with a wad of money if you get aggressive and then are fired. This is virtually a slam-dunk lawsuit. On the other hand, the real point is that you just want to be paid on the terms of the company promises - AND, everyone else subject to the same rules deserves that treatment, too. Lawsuits really are not so much fun and not the reason people take jobs. I recommend that you consult an attorney, and perhaps pay him $100-200 (maybe a tad more but not much) to write an ANONYMOUS letter on your behalf to the SENIOR managers of the company. The attorney's name will be on the letter, but not YOURS. The letter will be a legal record that you took the trouble to simply ASK for the pay as promised, and NOT include any threatening language. The mere fact you have an attorney sending this letter should imply consequences if the company is stupid enough to refuse the promised level of pay. Chances are good that all of you will get what you were promised. And if you do not, chances are you will win a lawsuit for it pretty soon. With YEARS of back pay for holidays! First of all, ignore the idiot who told you to call the BBB. They are not in the business of adjudicating employer-employee differences and would most likely report you to the company – getting you fired.

A company handbook is not necessarily a binding document. HOWEVER, if this was given to you as an explanation of the terms of conditions of your employment at the time you were hired, it IS. You have a reasonable expectation that the promises presented in the handbook will be fulfilled, and you have a legal cause of action.

In order to protect yourself, remember that raising this is likely to get you fired if you become pushy. If you can get another job soon, or have enough savings to live on while you take 2 – 5 years to press a lawsuit, you probably will end up with a wad of money if you get aggressive and then are fired. This is virtually a slam-dunk lawsuit.

On the other hand, the real point is that you just want to be paid on the terms of the company promises – AND, everyone else subject to the same rules deserves that treatment, too. Lawsuits really are not so much fun and not the reason people take jobs.

I recommend that you consult an attorney, and perhaps pay him $100-200 (maybe a tad more but not much) to write an ANONYMOUS letter on your behalf to the SENIOR managers of the company. The attorney's name will be on the letter, but not YOURS. The letter will be a legal record that you took the trouble to simply ASK for the pay as promised, and NOT include any threatening language. The mere fact you have an attorney sending this letter should imply consequences if the company is stupid enough to refuse the promised level of pay.

Chances are good that all of you will get what you were promised.

And if you do not, chances are you will win a lawsuit for it pretty soon. With YEARS of back pay for holidays!

]]> By: Ms. Hospitality http://researchtube.info/do-you-need-an-employee-handbook/comment-page-1#comment-1728 Ms. Hospitality Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:06:28 +0000 http://researchtube.info/do-you-need-an-employee-handbook#comment-1728 An Employee Handbook is a collection of all the information needed for a new hire, including a policy and procedures manual. An Employee Handbook could contain all of the following and more: P&P manual Training manual Emergency Procedures manual Uniform Agreement I-9 form W-4 form other new hire paperwork Brandon O'Dell O'Dell Consulting bodell1@cox.net http://www.bodellconsulting.com Free initial consultations An Employee Handbook is a collection of all the information needed for a new hire, including a policy and procedures manual.

An Employee Handbook could contain all of the following and more:
P&P manual
Training manual
Emergency Procedures manual
Uniform Agreement
I-9 form
W-4 form
other new hire paperwork

Brandon O'Dell
O'Dell Consulting
bodell1@cox.net
http://www.bodellconsulting.com

Free initial consultations

]]> By: rndllhllw http://researchtube.info/do-you-need-an-employee-handbook/comment-page-1#comment-1721 rndllhllw Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:32:07 +0000 http://researchtube.info/do-you-need-an-employee-handbook#comment-1721 Nice work. keep it up. mean time come for social media marketing for esteembpo**com Nice work. keep it up. mean time come for social media marketing for esteembpo**com

]]> By: Xenostrobe http://researchtube.info/do-you-need-an-employee-handbook/comment-page-1#comment-1720 Xenostrobe Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:12:25 +0000 http://researchtube.info/do-you-need-an-employee-handbook#comment-1720 I'm allergic to nuts, this is a terrible scheme!! Just kidding... this is wonderful (and I'm a pessimist) well done (doing). I’m allergic to nuts, this is a terrible scheme!!
Just kidding… this is wonderful (and I’m a pessimist) well done (doing).

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