An employee handbook ensures that everyone working at your small business understands their rights, responsibilities, and workplace policies. Having an employee handbook not only helps maintain ...

You’re well aware of how important it is for employees to understand and follow HR policies like paid time off and dress code. The challenge is that communicating about policies is always a delicate ...

Raise your hand if you're proud of your employee handbook. Or do you think it could use some work? Take a moment to consider a few things: Is it an up-to-date representation of your company's policies ...

A well-written employee handbook specifies company rules and sets expectations for employee behavior. It also specifies your legal obligations as an employer as well as the rights of the employees. It ...

If you have only handful of employees, you need an employee handbook. Handbooks are the go-to tool for employer-employee conflict resolution. In a well-made employee handbook, everyone's expectations ...

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 ...

It’s easy if it’s you and a few people in a small office space, but once more people start joining the organization, it becomes really difficult to define exactly what the culture of the company was ...

Creating a company policy handbook might seem like the beginnings of bureaucracy and red tape, but it can start as a simple process that helps create a more organized company. A company policy ...

How many employees should a startup have before it needs to draft an employee handbook? There’s no one-size-fits-all answer but it’s a safe bet that a startup’s policies should be documented sooner ...

“Ethical guidelines are more complex than policies because the situations they cover are more nuanced, without a simple right or wrong answer. They’re especially important for student newsrooms, where ...

Employee handbooks are meant to be helpful, but too often they sit in a desk drawer or computer folder and never see the light of day. If you want to deliver a manual that will be read, consider ...

The Lead is a weekly newsletter that provides resources and connections for student journalists in both college and high school. Sign up here to have it delivered to your inbox every Wednesday morning ...