Description
Learning how to draft effective, legally compliant handbooks is an essential skill for attorneys practicing in the employment law space. Well-written employee manuals can be an employer’s most valuable legal and employee relations tool. Moreover, employee handbooks are critical to managing risk and litigation costs.
To be effective, handbooks must be constructed so that relevant and necessary policies, procedures, and protocols are organized in one place for employees and management to turn to when questions or disputes arise. Taking the time to tailor handbooks to a client’s business, goals, culture, and workforce is key to an effective employee handbook, and will contribute to a positive and productive work environment.
During this deep-dive instructional session our faculty expert who will guide you through:
- Key legal requirements and compliance issues relevant to employee handbooks
- Developing clear and concise policies covering various aspects of employment, including leave policies, and disciplinary procedures
- Effective communication: Guidelines, best practices, reporting mechanisms, and more!
- Tailoring the handbook to your client’s business, goals, culture, and workforce
- Avoiding common pitfalls and mistakes: Learning what not to do
- An implementation how-to: Managing, distributing, and updating/maintaining handbooks
Law firm attorneys, as well as in-house counsel, who manage employment-related matters will benefit from this continuing legal education program from ALI CLE. This course will also benefit attorneys who counsel corporate and nonprofit boards on employment matters.