Employee handbooks are basic human resources tools used for communicating information to employees. Handbooks are a publication that all employees receive when they start working for the company. Although there are no federal or state laws requiring employee handbooks, employers are well advised to create an employee handbook for their organization and to include company policies, company history and information, and other critical elements. Writing an Employee Handbook:The most important reason…

This is usually the single largest component of a compensation package. Salary should be tied to a person’s skills and experience. Subsequent increases need to be based on an employee’s performance, value and contribution to an organization. Typically, companies perform annual performance evaluations. Each position should has its own discrete salary range which follows from the job evaluation. The range has a minimum, which is the lowest rate the company will pay an employee in the position; a j…