Your employee handbook can be an invaluable organizational tool—or an employment lawsuit waiting to happen. And in recent years, Congress and state legislatures have been busy enacting laws that directly affect your employee handbook. If you haven't kept up, your organization could be sued.
If your employee handbook hasn't been updated in the past six months, it's out of date. Learn how to avoid disaster with Employee Handbooks: Required Changes for 2016 and the Most Common Mistakes.
Here are 10 common handbook mistakes you should avoid:
1. Using form handbooks with provisions unrelated to your company.
2. Meshing policies and procedures, which may confuse employees.
3. Including a probationary period, which implies that anyone who stays with the organization beyond that time is then a permanent employee.
4. Being too specific in descriptions and lists, especially those involving discipline.
5. Not being consistent with other company documents.
Have you updated your leave and benefits policies in light of recent FMLA and health insurance developments? Have you provided clear rules on overtime and off-the-clock work? Do you realize that you can't prohibit discussions on pay and benefits? Answer "no" to any of these questions and you could be at risk for a pricey lawsuit. Join us on Wednesday, October 12, to find out how the new trends and regulations affect you.
6. Not adding a disclaimer, or not having enough disclaimers in the right places.
7. Sabotaging disclaimers by what you do or say, especially by reassuring employees that their jobs are secure and they'll be fired only for a really good reason.
8. Not adapting the handbook for each state's laws. You may need more than one version of the handbook if you have employees in several states.
9. Failing to update the manual frequently for changing laws.
10. Being unrealistic about what your employees or supervisors will buy into. Don't include policies you can't or won't enforce.
Nationally recognized author, educator and attorney Anniken Davenport has updated her popular interactive webinar Employee Handbooks: Required Changes for 2016 and the 12 Most Common Mistakes.
In this fast-paced 75-minute session, you'll discover: - Up-to-the-minute HR changes to add to your handbook
What NEVER to tell employees after their probation period ends- How to avoid "the accidental contract"
- 12 handbook errors that will get you creamed in court — and how to avoid them
- Things that should be in a handbook — and things that SHOULDN'T
- And much, much more!
You'll learn practical, easy-to-understand tips for spotting mistakes in your employee handbook — and exactly how to fix them. Because this is an interactive event, Anniken will also answer all of your handbook-related questions.
So don't let your once-helpful employee handbook become your organization's worst enemy. Join us on October 12 for this dynamic and insightful presentation!
No comments:
Post a Comment