As Agencies grow it becomes increasingly important to have a known, structured set of rules and guidelines to address everyday issues. Successful employee handbooks clearly explain your employment policies as well as the consequences for violating these policies. The benefits of having an employee handbook are many.
· Employer gets legal protection if an employee later files an employment claim against the employer
· Employee receives the same information about the rules of the workplace;
· Employees know what the employer expects (and what they can expect from you)
Axxess provides the content necessary to help protect your Agency from lawsuits, reduce training costs, and lower employee turnover.
Employee handbooks enhance the employer-employee relationship and help defend against wrongful termination, discrimination, and harassment claims. Regardless of organization size, when properly drafted and legally reviewed, the employee handbook can be the keystone to good employment practices.
Key features of our employee handbook include
- Introduction: Give the employee an idea of what your organization is all about, your culture, and what the history is.
- Pay and Salaries: How raises are calculated.
- Performance Reviews: What can employees expect for reviews of their job performance.
- Benefits: Describe what benefits you offer
- Drug and Alcohol Abuse: State your organizations policy regarding drugs and alcohol in and out of the workplace. It is important to consult state laws regarding mandatory treatment for employees with drug abuse problems.
- Sexual Harassment
- Discipline: How, when, and why consequences are handed out to employees breaking policies.
- Employee Safety: Assure employees their safety is a priority
- Complaints: How complaints against employees and the company as a whole are handled.
