Policy manual updating

A personnel policy manual or employee handbook should be updated periodically to reflect new policies and benefits, and to stay current with new issues in human resources. As a rule, you should quickly communicate changes:

- When your small business adds a new employee benefit or changes an employment practice.

- To get rid of descriptions of employment practices or benefits that are no longer in use, as this mis-information could be used against you in the event of a legal claim by an employee.

- As new laws are passed. The employer may be required to modify an employment practice or create a new employment policy to comply with the law.