Writing and Human Resources Manual: A Step-by-Step Plan for Developing an Employee Handbook Book

Part 1: What Is a Human Resources Manual? Differences Between the HR Manual and the Policy Manual Why Do You Need an HR Manual? What Will This Book Do for You? Part 2: How Do You Know What to Tell Your Employees? How Do You Know What to Tell Your Employees? Finding Out What You Need to Say Using the Checklist as an Interviewing Tool Interviewing the Managers Using the Checklist as a Table of Contents Thinking Through the Policies Part 3: Writing Policy Summaries Sample Statements for a Policy Manual Sample Statements for an HR Manual How to Write a Policy Summary About Style Exercise 1: Writing for Clarity Exercise 2: What's Wrong with This Policy Summary Exercise 3: Test Your Knowledge! Testing and Verifying the Contents Part 4: Using your Human Resources Manual Using Your Human Resources Manual Part 5: Review Can We Help You? Summary of Worksteps Updating Your HR Manual Appendix Subjects to Consider: Mandatory, Important, & Nice-To-Have Sample Table of Contents for a Policy Manual Sample Tables of Contents for Two HR Manuals Sample HR Manual XYLON Company