We have recently released our staff handbook because there were so many of us now that we needed a policy guide for every rule and policy that we have so people could have easy reference for these.

What about you, what is the single most important reason for having a staff handbook?

I think we have the same reason behind why you put out a staff handbook. It came to a point where there were so many policies that sometimes a new one would contradict another!

I'd agree that it would provide convenience so that if an employee needs to consult a handbook it's easy for them to do so.

Also, without a handbook, it would be difficult for you to furnish a new employee copies of the policy, unless you want to go through your email communications and forward it all to him.

We needed a staff handbook to be more professional. We wanted to communicate the image that we care enough about our policies

I think that it also makes for a good orientation material for new hires. This way, the could read it through and through and know what policies are in place.

That's right, additionally, it would give them a sense of knowing their rights, and how the company is looking out for these rights.

You also need a staff handbook so that it would be easy to review your policies later on. Take it from me, we had no staff handbook when I came on board and it was messy trying to find emails when review time came along!

I think that having your set of rules published in a handbook is also a good way to see if you need to change these rules to reflect changes of the times and your employees' needs!

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