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Effective Employee Handbooks Limiting Liability

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  Introduction
       
       In the past n employee in the United States or other Western nations would believe that employment was assured for any amount of time beyond that which had just been performed.
       The fact of reality is that employees and employers are not always perfect matches that never have disputes between them
       If an employee is terminated or a current or former employee legally questions procedures internal to the organization, the existence of a well-written employee handbook can be critical in alleviating any litigation that employee may bring against the company.
  
  Company Defense
  
       Well-written personnel policy and procedure statements reduce your company's exposure to various legal liabilities.
       Employee handbook can support the employer's position in litigation that may arise as well as being potentially detrimental to the company in regards to an employee's complaint. If the company is not following the procedures written in its own handbook.
  
  Cautions
  
       The danger in these pre written handbooks is that it can appear to the employer that the example handbook addresses all possible points of future disputes.
       If the organization does not honor all of the points made in the handbook it makes it own, however, time-saving, money-saving sample employee handbook can be used against the employer in the future.
       The purpose of the employee handbook--- at least from the legal perspectiveis "to establish ground rules of acceptable conduct and prevent the company from being subjected to legal liability.
  
  At-will employment
       If an employee is not under contract, he or she is an at-will employee. An employer can dismiss an at-will employee hired for an indefinite term at any time for any non-discriminatory reason...