Employee Handbook

For this assignment, you will be required to research the relevant laws and standards (US, regional, international, discipline-specific, etc.) to create a handbook for your company, which operates in the U.S. and the country you selected for your environmental scan; and then ensure the handbook is legally accurate.
Thus, if a company operates in the US and Germany, only US and German laws need to be considered; standards tend to be more universal. Research whether US anti-discrimination laws hold true in the scenario given. Write the handbook so that if your company is sued, the statements in the handbook will hold up under legal scrutiny.
An Employee Handbook typically consists of policies and procedures. Policies are statements that explain the standards the company will follow. Procedures are the steps employees should take to uphold standards and ensure alignment with laws.
For certain areas in the Employee Handbook, there will be standards, procedures and laws. Laws imply a system of punishment if rules are broken, whereas standards are guidelines that are not necessarily enforced legally, but are more about best practices and reputation. Whatever specialization you are in, there are standards or expectations that industry leaders have written and codified. Be sure to cite relevant laws and standards in the handbook.
Construct an Employee Handbook with the following sections:
1. Cover page that includes the date that the handbook is in effect, last update, and when/how often the handbook will be updated.
2. General Information
Purpose of the handbook
Equal Opportunity Employment Statement
3. Policies & Procedures on:
Americans with Disabilities Act
Sexual Harassment
Family and Medical Leave
4. you will write a section on the company’s computer and information security. Some examples that can be included are acceptable use of Internet sites at work, passwords, ownership of personnel’s data, installing personal software on computers, etc.
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Submission Make sure your Employee Handbook includes all the required information, and looks professional. Each section should have headings that separate the information you are required to write about. This is NOT an APA formatted paper; however, if you use references for any of the information, you must include in-body citations and an APA-formatted reference page.

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