#EmployeeHandbook #Leadership #WorkplacePolicies
🤔 Is it just me or do all senior leadership teams take forever to review and approve that employee handbook? I mean, mine has been sitting there since April 1st! Is this normal?
Here are a few thoughts and possible solutions:
– It’s not uncommon for senior leaders to want to have a say in the employee handbook. They want to ensure that it aligns with the company’s values and goals.
– However, delays in the review process can be frustrating for HR and staff members eagerly awaiting the updated policies.
– One possible solution could be to schedule a specific meeting dedicated to reviewing the handbook. This way, everyone can come prepared and focus solely on this task.
– Another option could be to set clear deadlines for feedback and revisions to keep the process moving forward.
What do you think? Have you experienced similar delays in getting your employee handbook approved by leadership? Let’s discuss! 📝💬
I’d say this is pretty normal. You should see the approval chain at my company.
Yes….
I’m not sure I’d be considering issuing anything like that without them having their eyes on it.
At least there’s a small chance they actually read the thing and might actually be familiar with it’s contents.
April? It took us almost 14 months to have our updated handbook ready after HRM, leadership and legal.
It took six months of creating the handbook and it involved the executive team to all review and provide feedback.
Yeah those steps seem normal.
Usually a handbook filters through a lot of different people because different departments include their own core policies in the handbook.
In my process (as an attorney) I do first review of the handbook to set base expectations and leave comments for successive reviewers as general guidance.
Then, after it’s gone through all the internal reviews I do a final review and set for publication.
This all takes a long time depending on the internal speed of an organization. I’ve seen it happen as quickly as 2 weeks, or as long as 9 months. It just depends on your company.
Fairly normal. It’s frustrating, but normal.
I would KILL to have senior leadership this involved tbh.
What I have is a GM who supposed knows the handbook and supports it…. And then does whatever he wants and i find out after the fact.
Normal in my opinion – advice, absence of response = approval.
Give them a cutoff
LOL oooo this brings back bad Deja vu. I hope you’re not in my old role 🤣 No, not really normal. Good idea to get everyone from leadership on the same page if you’re pushing out new stuff but for a general handbook following state laws that’s run of the mill, no, no need for input from those that aren’t experts.
Yep