How do I write an employee handbook for a towing company?

Question

What information should it include?

Answer 1

Draft all information that you deem important, starting from safety to legal to ethical points.....then go through everything and you will discover more that you might want to include....check out the language and make sure it is clear and concise and employees can understand it....finally, put in a clause that all points can and will be edited or changed as your company sees fit....after that, you will know instinctively what to change, add or delete as your company grows and thrives....(your employees inadvertantly give you hints...) also it might not hurt to put that employees who work as a team often come up with info for your handbook...good luck...ours was wrtitten on a wing and a prayer and is so good now....

Answer 2

DRESS CODE
It is advised that you come to work dressed according to your salary. If we see you wearing $350 Prada sneakers, and carrying a $600 Gucci Bag, we assume you are doing well financially and therefore you do not need a raise. If you dress poorly, you need to learn to manage your money better, so that you may buy nicer clothes, and therefore you do not need a raise. If you dress in-between, you are right where you need to be and therefore you do not need a raise.

SICK DAYS
We will no longer accept a doctor's statement as proof of sickness. If you are able to go to the doctor, you are able to come to work.

PERSONAL DAYS
Each employee will receive 104 personal days a year. They are called Saturday & Sunday.

LUNCH BREAK
Skinny people get 30 minutes for lunch as they need to eat more, so that they can look healthy. Normal size people get 15 minutes for lunch to get a balanced meal to maintain their average figure. Fat people get 5 minutes for lunch, because that's all the time needed to drink a Slim Fast.

BEREAVEMENT LEAVE
This is no excuse for missing work. There is nothing you can do for dead friends, relatives or co-workers. Every effort should be made to have non-employees attend to the arrangements. In rare cases where employee involvement is necessary, the funeral should be scheduled in the late afternoon. We will be glad to allow you to work through your lunch hour and subsequently leave one hour early.

RESTROOM USE
Entirely too much time is being spent in the restroom. There is now a strict 3 minute time limit in the stalls. At the end of three minutes, an alarm will sound, the toilet paper roll will retract, the stall door will open and a picture will be taken. After your second offense, your picture will be posted on the company bulletin board under the "Chronic Offenders" category.

Thank you for your loyalty to our company. We are here to provide a positive employment experience. Therefore, all questions, comments, concerns, complaints, frustrations, irritations, aggravations, insinuations, allegations, accusations, contemplations, consternation, and input should be directed elsewhere.

Answer 3

I would look around for an employee handbook for any other kind of business and use it as a model for your business. Many sections are going to be identical, while your specific policies may differ. I'd imagine it would have a section on dress code, benefits, holidays, vacation, etc...

I've provided a link to one for the state of North Carolina that I found on google by doing a search for 'employee handbook.'

Answer 4

An employee handbook is a guide to all the various policies that pertain to the company--generally, anything to do with human resources but should cover the overall organization's context.

Handbooks vary company to company---obviously, what this means is you should tailor it to your organization.

Please check out this source:
http://www.sba.gov/gopher/Business-Development/Success-Series/Vol10/handbook.txt

You should be wary of 'cookie cutter' programs---you should have a lawyer who is familiar with federal human resource laws, as well as the laws of your state and local area, look over your handbook before you hand it to your employees.

Answer 5

Your insurance company should be able to help you with guidelines for the liability portion of your handbook and should be able to provide you with a template (things like backround checks, driving records, pre-employment drug tests, etc). The rest of it is really basic things that a new person would need to know, calling-in policy, sick time, vacation time, personal use of auto, phone calls, hours, when is payday, what types of benefits does your company offer, etc etc.
Hope that helps!

Answer 6

If you can't find a template online, there are software programs you can buy that will generate cookie-cutter employee handbooks for your type of company.

Answer 7

Start off with a mission statement then all of the rules and procedures. Any and everything that an employee wants to know or needs to know.

Answer 8

Employee conduct, appearance, job descrption, fringe benefits, promotion possibilities and incentives thereof, your mission statement for your business and other things I may not have mentioned here

Answer 9

You could probably find a template on the internet. Why re-invent the wheel?