• Employers can use employee handbooks to clearly communicate policies and procedures to the workforce.

Employee handbooks are not legally required (unless through state requirements); however, most companies find handbooks to be invaluable.

Without a handbook, policies and procedures tend to informally change, and employees may not understand exactly what the current policy says. Having clearly written policies, centrally located, helps ensure that employees (and supervisors and managers) follow company procedures.

Plus, through the process of writing a handbook, employers are forced to think about policies and procedures. This allows a company to make enhancements and think through policies.