From the course: Human Resources: Creating an Employee Handbook

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Share the handbook online

Share the handbook online

From the course: Human Resources: Creating an Employee Handbook

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Share the handbook online

- Since the beginning of employee handbook time, the handbook document has been printed. Either an individual copy was provided to each new employee, or one remained in the department office or human resource office for review. Today, we can make employee handbooks available online and there are numerous advantages to doing so. Number one, as mentioned earlier in the course, you can bring it to life by adding graphics to your heart's delight, even video, too. Want a way to engage your millennials? Well, here's your chance. Second, there are zero printing costs, minimal hosting costs, and you kill fewer trees this way. The estimate I read said it takes anywhere from 6% to 10% of a tree to produce just one ream of paper. So, providing your employee handbook online is environmentally conscious. Third, you can make use of digital signature capabilities. No more losing the employee handbook acknowledgement, which I might add is a real problem I encountered a number of times during my…

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