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Employee Handbook Services

Employee Handbook Development & Review with HR Consulting & Policy Guidance.
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A Handbook Built Around Your Workplace

Your employee handbook is more than a collection of policies. It helps establish expectations, gives managers a consistent framework for handling workplace situations, and provides employees with a reliable resource for understanding your organization's practices and policies.

Whether you're creating your first employee handbook or updating an existing one, CGO's HR Consultants will work with you to develop a customized handbook that reflects how your organization actually operates while incorporating applicable employment requirements and HR best practices.

With our employee handbook services, our HR consultants don't simply provide a template. We take the time to understand your organization, review your current practices, identify gaps, and help you make thoughtful decisions about the policies that are right for your workplace.

What's Included in our Employee Handbook Service

Discovery & HR Consultation

We'll meet with your team to understand your workforce, locations, current practices, existing policies, and organizational needs.

Customized Policy Drafting

We'll draft and organize your policies into a cohesive employee handbook rather than handing you a generic template.

Management Review & Revisions

You'll have an opportunity to review the draft with your HR Consultant, ask questions, discuss recommendations, and request modifications before the handbook is finalized.

More Than a Handbook Template

Not sure what your policy should say—or whether you need one at all? That's where our HR Consultants come in. We'll help you evaluate your current practices, identify gaps, think through policy decisions, and turn those decisions into clear, practical workplace policies. 

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Multi-State Employee Handbooks

Managing employees in multiple states adds another layer of complexity to handbook development. CGO can help identify and incorporate applicable state-specific policies for your workforce.

For multi-state employers, we typically recommend maintaining a core employee handbook along with state-specific addenda. This structure helps keep your primary handbook consistent while addressing requirements that apply only to employees working in certain locations.

There is no set limit on the number of states CGO can support; however, the number of jurisdictions and complexity of the workforce may affect the overall project scope.

What You'll Receive

  • A professionally organized handbook customized to your organization

  • Applicable state addenda when appropriate

  • Employee acknowledgement-of-receipt template

  • Editable version for future changes

  • Final PDF for distribution

Important:

The client is responsible for distributing the handbook to employees, collecting acknowledgements, and implementing the policies within the organization.

Investment

Most Employee Handbook Development & Review engagements are scoped for approximately 15 hours of HR consulting time.

If the complexity of the project, number of revisions, or additional requests cause the engagement to exceed the original scope, additional consulting time is billed at $200 per hour. We'll communicate with you before performing work that is expected to exceed the original scope.

No upfront deposit is required.

Keep Your Handbook Current

Employment laws, workplace practices, and your organization will continue to change after your handbook is completed. We recommend reviewing your employee handbook at least annually to determine whether legal changes, organizational changes, or evolving workplace practices require updates.

Updates are not automatically included with your initial handbook engagement. CGO can be re-engaged to review and update your handbook as needed.

FAQs

Employee Handbook Development & Review FAQs

We can review and update an existing handbook or develop a new handbook from the ground up. The consulting process and scope are generally the same.

Our Employee Handbook service is available to employers of any size. We customize the process based on your organization, workforce, and needs.

That's exactly where our HR Consultants can help. We'll identify areas that should be addressed and help you evaluate policy options based on your organization and HR best practices. We'll also draft policies when you don't already have them.

Yes. We support multi-state employers and typically recommend state-specific addenda to address requirements that differ by location.

CGO's HR Consultants utilize a policy development resource containing attorney-reviewed policy content. CGO provides HR consulting and policy development services and does not provide legal advice.

Most handbook projects are completed within 3–6 weeks. Timing depends on the complexity of your organization and how quickly information, decisions, and feedback are provided throughout the project.

No. We'll provide the completed handbook and an employee acknowledgment template, but your organization is responsible for distributing the handbook, collecting acknowledgments, and communicating or implementing your policies.

We recommend reviewing your handbook annually and whenever there are significant changes to your workforce, locations, employment practices, or applicable employment laws.

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