USM Studios on What Employee Handbooks Cover Today

Not long ago, corporate employee handbooks covered the basics like sick days and dress code. But this is the digital age. USM Studios looks at what the updated handbooks cover.

Today’s employee handbook details the most important company policies that workers at all levels need to know. It reviews company computer use, vacation time, sick time, dress code, equal opportunity rules and more. It also offers guidelines for bring your own device (BYOD), social media use or not on the job, and data privacy. A national HR company, XpertHR, conducted a survey to find the top workplace issues addressed in U.S. employee handbooks. They are:

• Paid sick leave
• Data privacy
• Social media
• E-cigarettes
• LGBT protection
• BYOD policies
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USM Studios, Inc. notes that most companies have to constantly update handbooks to reflect the latest labor laws and hot topics for staff. But more importantly, employers need to review what’s in the handbook with newly hired employees. If updates are added, schedule an all-company meeting to review them. Also, new hires are asked to sign off that they received the handbook.  Updates can also be made to handbooks and emailed to everyone. A read receipt can be printed to show the employee received the update and placed in their personnel file. 

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