Is your employee handbook looking more like an episode of American Horror Story?  Inconsistencies, jargon, pedantries, and other nasties can be hiding in your employee handbook, especially if the handbook hasn’t been updated since the Prohibition Era.And what’s worse—like American Horror Story, these ghosts of handbooks past could be lurking right under your nose, ready to wreak havoc at a moment’s notice. (more…)

Quick—pick up your employee handbook and flip to the section on dress code.  Do you see guidelines on platform shoes on neon jumpsuits?  If so, your handbook—although groovy—needs to come into the new millennium.  Older handbooks won’t only contain dated office policies, but they will lack key legislative changes, such as the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and electronic and social media usage.  Relying on an out-of-date handbook is a legal risk your business can easily avoid. (more…)