An Employee Handbook can be a helpful tool if is developed with sound leadership principles and employment law in mind. You'll want your handbook to reflect your management efforts in order to:

• Create a quality, customer-driven organization
• Promote productivity and continuous improvement
• Define what you expect of all employees
• Improve communication
• Reduce liabilities

To meet these goals, your handbook's language should be targeted toward your unique employee group, with messages that satisfy your employees' common information needs. Rather than producing a less-than-useful handbook, filled with "canned" content, take time to incorporate your company's unique circumstances, your organizational mission and values and information truly useful to your employees.

Does this sound daunting? Associated Industries can help. We provide sample policies and guidance to assist members in developing policies tailored to their needs. Please contact any of our In-house Counsel listed below for assistance or review. Your Associated Industries dues provide for these services.

Contact our Employment Law Department by phone, FAX, email or this form.

Associated Industries ATT: Employment Law
1206 North Lincoln, Suite 200
Spokane, WA 99201
509.326.6885 or 800.274.5309

Ann Allen
Chief In-House Counsel
Phone: 509.326.6885 Ext. 219
Fax: 509.777.2672
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Nicole Tedrow
In-House Counsel
Phone: 509.326.6885 Ext. 220
Fax: 509.777.2673
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Angela Hayes
In-House Counsel
Phone: 509.326.6885 Ext. 231
Fax: 509.342.2181
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