Question: If a company has multiple business locations, can it also have different employee handbooks?
Answer: Since employee handbooks are not required, a company may certainly create different provisions for employees who work at different locations. This may even be necessary if employees are in different states where state laws may invalidate certain policies. Companies may have different handbooks for various locations in the same state as well.
A company may, for example, have a location in a state where unused vacation time may be lost if not used within a certain time frame (a “use-it-or-lose-it” policy), and may also have a facility in another state where such policies are not allowed. The company does not need to grant all employees at all locations the greater benefit, and the company may have different vacation policies for each state in which it operates.