“The Essential Guidebook: Unpacking the Employee Handbook” With Lee Jacobs and Rosemary Enright

In the first of a two-part conversation, Lee Jacobs and Rosemary Enright cover the basics of employee handbooks, emphasizing the importance of customizing your organization’s handbook rather than relying on a generic one. They touch on the need to update handbooks annually, and they highlight key policies that should be included in handbooks, like those involving employment at will, drug and alcohol-free workplaces, and EEOC statements. Additionally, Lee and Rosemary discuss the importance of disability policies and the inclusion of required forms and acknowledgments. Be sure to tune in to Part 2, when Rosemary and Lee will address updates for 2024.