A comprehensive employee handbook is a necessity in today's business community. Handbooks exist so employers can effectively manage their workplace. Distribution of the handbook ensures that employees ...

The employment and labor world has become increasingly complex and is constantly changing. Employers be aware of updates to and obligations pursuant to federal, state and local laws. To stay current ...

An organized maintenance team is very important to the smooth running of any commercial facility. Employees have complicated ...

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Despite a disclaimer, the Alabama Supreme Court held the City of Montevallo’s Employee Handbook created a contract with employees that placed additional obligations on the City before it could ...

Tracey Richardson in an article for the Lean Enterprise Institute said, "Often times, because we get focused on results, we only get to the symptom level of the problem." Like a seaman navigating an ...

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Starting a new job often means spending your first week or so filling out paperwork, meeting more new people than you can easily count, and being asked to read the 100-page monstrosity known as your ...

An employee handbook is one of the most important components employment attorneys advise companies to have and update regularly. The reasons for this are simple: employee handbooks not only formalize ...

Employee handbooks are an important, and often overlooked, tool for the effective management of your business. A comprehensive, well-organized, and up-to-date handbook that is customized to your ...

Has the employer considered combining vacation time, sick time, and personal time into one “bucket” of paid time off? Does the paid time off policy line up with the employer's business objectives?

Having established policies written in a handbook will eliminate confusion as to what you expect from your employees. As an owner of small company, you may wish to set policies yourself and take full ...