The Answers Issue: Personnel
Posted Feb 18, 2016
What should be included in a personnel manual?
The length and complexity of your manual should be tailored to your lab’s needs and environment. You can include attendance and other employee expectations, holidays and vacation time, sick/personal time, overtime, benefits and insurance, digital device use guidelines, leaves of absence, safety practices, non-compete contracts and grounds for termination.
Experts also say two items are a must: a disclaimer stating that the manual is not an employment contract and a policy that prohibits sexual harassment and discrimination based on race, gender, age, physical ability and religion.
Once you’ve drafted your policy, have an attorney review it, provide copies to all existing employees and make it standard practice to review the manual with each new employee.
