Simply put, an employee handbook is the cornerstone of your HR management and compliance strategy. Done correctly, it will make running your practice measurably easier.
A professionally written, legally compliant employee handbook is the single most cost-effective tool your office can have. This is true whether you have 2 employees or 200. When written and implemented properly, your employee handbook is a set of policies that can prevent and resolve disputes and set you and your team up for success.
Your office can only be productive if it has clear guidelines that are followed by every member of your team, and those guidelines need to be explained and disseminated to everyone in your practice. One of the primary functions of your employee handbook policies is to set expectations for your team members, bringing all of you onto the same page. The policies in a properly written employee handbook benefit you AND your employees. This makes employee disputes and legal claims much less likely and makes virtually all aspects of your business run more smoothly.