There are many benefits of introducing an Employee Handbook to a company, or updating an existing one.The main one being prevention - prevention of employee disputes, prevention of claims to an Employment Tribunal and most of all prevention of financial awards being imposed against the Company.

Start by preparing a list of policies and procedures that the Company is likely to want to rely on, remembering that policies and procedures can always be added at a later date if required.

Basic policies for an Employee Handbook could be:

Annual Leave

Sickness

IT Security & Use

Company Property

Discipline& Grievance Procedure

Drivers of Company Vehicles

Equal Opportunities Policy

General Rules

Health & Safety

Timekeeping

Dress Code

.... amongst many others.