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Introduction to include at start of staff handbook

Use this model statement at the start of a staff handbook to explain key administrative matters, including how handbook updates and changes will be communicated to employees.

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Use this model statement at the beginning of a staff handbook to set out important administrative information, including the purpose and status of the handbook, employees’ responsibilities in relation to its contents, and the process for communicating updates, amendments, or policy changes within your organisation. This helps ensure staff understand how handbook information is managed, maintained, and shared.

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Stephen Simpson
Stephen Simpson
Principle Editor – Employment Law and Compliance

Stephen is a principal editor who has worked on the Brightmine employment law and leading practice resources for over 20 years. After growing up in Northern Ireland in the 1980s, he trained as a solicitor in England in the 1990s but soon moved into legal publishing. He was among the first recruits to Brightmine in the year before it was launched as XpertHR in 2002.

Stephen has worked on a wide range of employment law and leading practice resources, including overseeing the creation and expansion of the HR templates resource types (Policies and procedures, Letters and forms, and Contract clauses). He has written up over 1,000 reports on employment law cases and created practical guidance on a range of HR issues for the Commentary & insights tool. He also had a stint working on Personnel Today.

Areas of expertise:

Employment law, Family leave, Discrimination, Redundancy, Unfair dismissal, HR policies, Employment case law

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