New Handbooks

Zora · April 2004

For anyone at a company with more than 500 employees, what are you doing when you review your handbook? Do you get everyone to sign a receipt? Do you just hand them out? Do you send them via e-mail? Or something else?

Don D · April 2004

Employees should sign acknowledging receipt of handbooks and a variety of policy handouts. This comes in especially handy at hearings when they claim they never knew of a policy or were never advised of company procedures. It's a slam dunk. Always get signed acknowledgements. Regardless of the size of the company workforce. 500 or 5.

J Mack · April 2004

It is always a good idea to establish a good "paper trail" along with an "e" trail, as well. Any time we modify a page(s) in our Employee Handbook we do have employees acknowledge, by their signature and date, that they have received, read and agreed to comply witht the modified or new policies/procedures.

System · April 2004

Zora, welcome to the Forum!

You should look at our HRhero.com Monthly Survey from November 2003, which was on the topic of employee handbooks. If you subscribe to our monthly Employment Law Letter, you can find the survey results in the Subscribers Area. Go to
[url]http://www.hrhero.com/lc/[/url] and click on the yellow Survey box.

You can even filter the results so you see only the responses from Indiana employers with 500-plus employees.

Good luck.

James Sokolowski
HRhero.com

Leslie · April 2004

I have about 1,000 EEs and are getting ready to reissue our handbook. Everyone will have to sign and that will be placed in file. A pain in the butt, (especially for my HR specialists who have to do all the filing) but well worth the effort if/when you have an unemployment issue.

clevahn · April 2004

I always have every employee sign for their handbooks. I am currently defending our company against an ex employee who denies knowing about certain company policies. I handed over her signed acknowledgement that she recieved her handbook - BINGO!! x:D

Pork · April 2004

ZORA: I recommend you put a letter of notice in your payroll envelops which tells all ees that there is a new proposed employee handbook located in several different locations: lunch room, driver break area, ee break area, depatment heads, shop foreman, plant manager, and HR department. Invite each ee to participate in this review and to provide their personal comments to your office for consideration.

I once had to send 525 copies to our individual stores located in 13 states and over 3000 employees. I gave them a deadline for the final review and ask for their personal involvement. It worked they all got their paycheck notice and I did get some input that resolved potential questions before the fact.

When you are dealing with a large organization it is difficult but worth every moment allowed to give the ee an opportunity to be a participant.

PORK

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