From the course: Human Resources: Creating an Employee Handbook
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Present the handbook live
From the course: Human Resources: Creating an Employee Handbook
Present the handbook live
- Given the length of most employee handbooks and the fact that most are written in legalese, it's my experience that most employees don't read them all the way through. What's the point of having a handbook if your employees don't read it? Unfortunately, it seems many HR executives are content simply knowing the employee signed the handbook acknowledgement. The lawyer in me says that's not good enough. Employers must give employees the time needed to read through the handbook. Depending on their reading level, that could take an hour or much more. What I can tell you is 30 minutes won't cut it. One thing I've encouraged clients to do is to allow a place for employees to initial the bottom of each page, declaring they have read and understood that information. You can do the same thing with an online program like DocuSign. However, given the reality of employees not reading the handbook or understanding the importance of the employee handbook, I also suggest my clients present the…
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