{"id":6934,"date":"2024-08-26T20:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T20:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/?post_type=resources&p=6934"},"modified":"2025-04-23T10:09:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T10:09:35","slug":"employee-handbook-compliance","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/resources\/hr-compliance\/policies-handbooks\/employee-handbook-compliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee handbook compliance: Avoiding costly mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Avoiding costly handbook mistakes<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Ensuring employee handbook compliance is essential, but it often goes overlooked. Learn about the costs of common handbook mistakes and how to avoid them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Published: August 26, 2024 | by Victoria Kelleher<\/strong>, Lead Survey Specialist at Brightmine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To navigate an organization successfully, new hires must learn about the policies and procedures they are expected to follow. Employee handbooks can be an effective tool to get employees up to speed on this important information. Beyond this, most employers also use employee handbooks as a medium to educate employees about their rights. However, employers that use handbooks for this purpose need to ensure that handbook statements stay in compliance<\/a> with the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Handbooks that contain incorrect statements about an employee’s rights open an organization up to the risk of legal consequences. Mistakes can fuel accusations that a company has obscured the rights of its workers, so employers must be vigilant to keep employee handbooks accurate. This often poses a challenge for employers; employment law is always evolving, so handbook statements can rapidly become outdated if not properly maintained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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