Express Employee Handbook

Get your affordable, compliant handbook matching your Company tone.

What Is It?

Our Express Employee Handbook service provides a streamlined solution for companies operating in fewer than five states.

The Express Employee Handbook service ensures you have a compliant and clear guide for your team regarding behaviors and expectations. We leverage SixFifty, a powerful tool designed to navigate complex employment laws and generate compliant documents, ensuring your policies are legally sound and always reflect the latest regulations.

This package is for you if:

You want a great handbook that keeps you compliant and matches your business tone, at a cost that’s affordable.
You have employees located in fewer than five states.
You want an express handbook, meaning one that covers the core policies that apply to all your employees, with state specific policies covered in individual state addendums.

What's Included

One-Hour Kickoff Call

We'll begin with a dedicated call to discuss your key policies and address any questions you have about the content of your handbook. Our experienced HR consultants can share best practices and answer questions to help you determine what you want your policies to be.

Collaborative Creation

You'll complete a user-friendly questionnaire that captures essential information about your company and its practices. Followed by three opportunities for review and revision, ensuring it perfectly aligns with your company's needs and voice. If more is needed, we’ll work with you to create a custom approach.

Portal-Generated Handbook

A customized employee handbook will be generated in a secure portal. We’ll generate a core handbook that applies to everyone in your company, and share state-specific addendums to ensure compliance in each of the states where your company operates.

For a universal handbook where you choose policies that apply across all states where you have operations, our team can set this up as a custom package. Contact [email protected].

Get Started with an Express Employee Handbook

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FAQ

Q: Why do I need an employee handbook?

A: An employee handbook is more than a list of rules and policies. It’s a communication tool that helps everyone understand what it means to be part of your team. It sets expectations, creates clarity, and supports a strong, consistent employee experience. In addition, it helps everyone get on the same page regarding what behaviors are and are not acceptable in your company.

When done right, your handbook helps:

Set clear expectations for how your team works together
Communicate your values, culture, and company personality
Keep your organization compliant and protected
Give employees a reliable go-to resource
Build trust and transparency across the team

Q: What information do I need to answer the questionnaires?

A: To kick things off, we’ll send you a few questionnaires. It’s helpful to consider the following:

Existing policies and procedures: Ensure your team is aligned on current policies, including paid time off (PTO), remote work, parental leave, and other internal guidelines. We’ll use this as a baseline as we build your new handbook.
States with employees: Make sure you have a complete listing of the states where your employees live and work. We’ll use this to create relevant state specific addendums. This express handbook is best for organizations with fewer than 5 states.
Work schedules and expectations: Make sure your team is aligned on expectations around working hours, remote and hybrid flexibility, overtime, and how you define a typical workday.
Company Mission, Vision, and Values: This will help us tailor the handbook to your culture.
Organizational chart: Helps understand reporting structures and roles.
HR internal contact: Determine who employees should contact with questions about any aspect of the handbook. If you don’t have a dedicated HR lead, this could be a founder, team lead, or someone in operations.
Tone and style preferences: Think about how you want the handbook to sound. Do you prefer something formal and polished or casual and friendly? We’ll match your voice to keep everything on brand.

Q: What if I already have a handbook and just want someone to review?

A: This service is for businesses wanting an express handbook from scratch. We can absolutely review your existing handbook and provide updates though. Just reach out to us at [email protected] and we’ll create a custom package for you.