One area of importance is how the handbook is implemented in the workforce. One of our clients has a new hire orientation check list. On a monthly basis a supervisor reviews portions of the manual with the employee together with other employment issues. There is then a checklist to show the supervisor went over the issues with the employee. The idea is that a person can swallow just so much information at any one sitting.
Disney world has an interesting concept.
They figure a new employee could care less about a bunch of policies the first day on the job. The idea is that when you do this first the employee can concentrate on the employee handbook stuff. Acknowledgements Depending upon the employer's situation, we have offered different receipt forms for new hires and existing employees. Some first-time companies have run into trouble with their existing employees when they confront them with the detailed acknowledgement form, whereas new hires will sign anything. The cases are mixed on how much value the acknowledgement form alone has anyway.