Create your Client's Employee Manual


Get your client's employee handbook over the finish line quickly and accurately, with the HR Toolkit's Employee Manual Kit.

What's Included in the Employee Manual Kit
 

Templates

3 Employee Manual Templates

Approximately 225 topics for Ontario, Alberta, BC.  Don't operate in Canada?

  • Serves as a comprehensive menu of topics that can easily be edited
  • Professionally-written and styled

Preview 

Ontario

Employee Manual

Alberta

Employee Manual

BC

Employee Manual

Acknowledgment Sign-off Form

Signed by staff acknowledging that they've read, understood, and will adhere to your conduct policies.  

Step-by-Step Instructions


Ideal for small business. Get the step-by-step instructions you need to create your employee manual. 

Topics include: 

  • Overview
  • Project Checklist
  • Getting Started
  • Preview | Download Templates

  • Topics/Policies Help
  • 1. Customize | Edit
  • 2. Format & Style
  • 3. Launch your Manual
  • 4. Get Employee Sign-Off
  • 5. Maintain your Manual
     

The Employee Manual Kit:  Different & Better

You can spend thousands of dollars — and hours — creating an employee manual that collects 'dust' on your shelves.  Or, you can create one that's easy-to-use, full of relevant content and written in every-day plain English. 

Here are the top 10 reasons why the HR Toolkit's Employee Handbook Kit is the best employee handbook or manual template available. 


1.  Not just an employee manual template

It can be just a Word employee handbook template; but the Employee Manual Kit is a a complete platform to get your project over the finish line. From planning to launch, it includes guidance, tips, and step-by-step  customization instructions.

It also includes a sign-off form and project tools for when you launch your comprehensive manual. It's up to you how much help you access.  


2.  Flexible: go basic or comprehensive

You get a comprehensive menu of topics and policies for each province we support. Together they sport a menu of  225+ topics / policies. We help you figure out what's important and how to prioritize what gets done first.  It's up to you if you want to go all the way with a complete Employee Manual that doubles as an orientation program for staff covering everything they need to know about your workplace, from information about your business to operational details.  Delete sections and topics with a click of a mouse to create a condensed employee handbook. 


3.  It's a professional and casual document

Made for Today's Workplace

  • Gender neutral. Written without the use of he, she, her, his, etc., without sounding forced.
  • Business-casual. Written in every day language in plain English (except where legalese is required)
  • Uses a modern and business-casual tone.

​Professionally-Written & Compliant

  • Created by experienced HR professionals and consultants
  • Reviewed and edited by one professional writer with a Masters in instructional design resulting in consistent language & voice throughout.  
  • Reviewed by employment lawyers. 

Fresh, Clean & Easy-to-Read 

  • Professional formatting and auto-generated table of contents improves usability and makes you look like a pro!

  • Professional, consistent formatting applied from a custom suite of pre-defined styles
  • Clear, hierarchical header structure make the documents easy to scan and read.

4.  Dead-easy to customize

We've provided click and replace placeholders where you need to place your company-specific information.  Built with easy-to-use styles so you can brand your employee handbook with a couple of clicks.  It provides pre-written text for all policies / topics so you never have to start with a blank page. 


5.  It's well thought out

We've thought of all the details based on decades of helping 1000s of customers create their own employee manuals. You won't be left hanging and you won't hit a dead end. We've anticipated your roadblocks and answer your questions before you'll even know to ask them.    


6.  Help for topics & policies

You'll understand the purpose, importance and benefits of each topic;  any risks associated with it;  level of HR expertise, and time/effort required to customize it;  recommendations for legal review;  if any key decisions or approvals are required;  up-to-date links to the right pages on legislated websites; tips.   


7.  Help with Word & Excel 

We created the employee manual template, so the Word and Excel help we provide was written by us, specifically for using our templates.  You don't need advanced Word or Excel skills to work with the templates, but we know that there's nothing more annoying than getting stuck with a formatting challenge. Get quick snippet videos that tell you exactly how to make your manual look crisp and professional.


8.  Always up to date

The Employee Manual Kit is online so you'll always have access to the latest and greatest version of the templates and we let you know when we make changes.   


9.  You get product support

Get your questions answered from an extensive FAQ library, or contact us with your questions.


10.  It's a total bargain

The Employee Manual Kit was once it's own stand-alone product and is now one of 22 ready-to assemble kits included in HR Toolkit.  Even if you don't think you'll need the other kits, the Employee Handbook Kit is an affordable and cost-effective tool on its own. 

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    Deborah Nicols | Principal HR Consultant, Nicols & Dymes Consulting Inc.
  • “…We were constantly “reinventing” the wheel when it came to establishing even the most basic administrative policies, procedures and templates (we were constantly “borrowing” examples from our sister organizations).  Your product provides us with virtually everything we were looking for in one nice, neat customizable package.”

    Brenda Taillefer | Executive Assistant, Athabasca Watershed Council
  • "...Never before have I seen a product that so easily and completely supports the creation of HR practices. Don't reinvent the wheel - buy one of the best wheels invented to take your small business forward..."

    Patti Sheehan | Principal, Puget Sound People Solutions | Seattle, WA
  • "...We needed a starting point for everything from policies to manager resources and got so much more."

    Karen Buchanan | Office Manager, BCTIA (BC Technologies Industry Association)
  • "... much-needed and well thought out. We recommend the products to our clients who have a need to cut through the complexities of managing their employees. It’s easy to use and provides immediate value.”

    Greg Pallone | President, TRG Group
  •  "... covers all the bases and really do let us focus on fine-tuning an existing product to meet our needs instead of starting completely from scratch."

    Ed Anderson | President, Dyrand Systems