You've taken the first step in introducing employee clarity and compliance into your business.
Use this page as a checklist, table of contents, and structured roadmap for creating your employee handbook/manual. It ensures you view all essential steps at a glance.
Click into the blue sections below to get to the right page, or use the navigation on the right.
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Get an overview of employee handbooks.
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- Assign an Handbook "owner".
- Get familiar with the HR Toolkit's Handbook Template.
- Decisions you'll need to make:
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What's the purpose of your Handbook?
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Who is the Handbook for? Employees only or also contractors?
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What if you have employees in multiple provinces?
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Decide who will be involved in your project.
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Agree on company-specific terms.
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Consideration for Existing Staff (for getting sign off)
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Legal review
- Get management buy-in.
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Decide which topics to include.
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Delete, add, move or rename sections, sub-sections & topics.
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Remove highlighting from critical topics.
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Replace Shaded Fields.
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Customize Topic Tables.
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Update the key terms used in your Handbook.
- Review and finalize the Handbook.
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Prepare your Staff.
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Plan how Staff will access the Handbook.
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Plan the unveiling — carefully.
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Example Launch Announcement
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- Choose from 2 sign-off methods.
- Sign off for New Hires
- Sign off for Existing Staff
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- Proactively maintain content.
- Perform a full review annually.
- Manage your Handbook version control.