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Employment laws have increased 700 percent over the last 50 years. And it’s your job to ensure legal compliance.
Where do you turn? Your policies and procedures handbook is the best place to start But why not get more than just compliance?
Your handbook can be a living document that clearly communicates expectations and provides guidance to help managers and employees succeed. It can explain your organization’s culture to new hires and remind long-term workers of the values you expect them to preserve. It can set standards and hold up under scrutiny when challenged.
Policies Now® is a tested HR policies software module that helps you create just this kind of document. It customizes your handbook to fit your organization’s culture while including built-in legal knowledge and easy access to federal and state-level employment law information.
Writes Policies for You
- Easy-to-use wizard delivers professional results
- Q&A process customizes policies
- Three language styles to choose from: formal, informal and plain English
- Built-in word processing and formatting capabilities
- Spell-checker and thesaurus
- HR Forms Portfolio provides customizable personnel forms, letters, agreements, memos and checklists
Publishes with Ease
- Automatically creates a table of contents and builds an index
- Offers 11 design styles to support Web, intranet or print publication
- Supports the use of pictures, graphs and tables
Maintains Your Policies
- Maintain up to six different policy handbooks to accommodate the needs of different employee groups
- Record and track policy revisions
- Distribute single policies or entire handbooks by e-mail
- Access Web links, news and information to help you keep policies current
- Get policy information, product updates, online tools and other resources
Manages Performance
- Reflect your organization’s culture and values
- Attract the kind of employees you need to succeed
- Give employees useful information
- Guide behavior and avoid misunderstandings
- Structure positive discipline that gets results
Protects Your Organization
- Complete selection of policies covering hundreds of important issues
- Built-in human resources advice
- Up-to-date federal and state-level employment law information accessed with the click of a button
Policies Now® installs automatically and is super easy to use. With simple tabs like “Create a New Handbook,” “Edit an Existing Handbook,” and “Tools and References,” you’ll quickly locate dozens of pre-written forms that you can use straight out of the box or modify to your own custom requirements. And you’ll be prompted to address important issues you might not otherwise think to consider.
Here are just a few of the many forms included:
- Application for employment
- Telephone reference check
- Applicant rejection letter
- New employee orientation checklist
- Work made for hire agreement
- Computer loan purchase agreement
- FSA election form and comp reduction agreement
- Request for flexible work schedule
- Employee warning notice
- Employee termination exit checklist
Whether your organizational style is formal or informal—or you need to accommodate a workforce not proficient in English—you’ll be able to communicate who you are and what you expect in a way that lets employees know they are valued. Policies Now® even allows you to address non-traditional topics like flexibility, personal empowerment and enrichment opportunities that give you an edge when competing for top talent. And whether your organization is large or small, Policies Now® human resources software can help you achieve the kind of professional results you would expect from high-priced attorneys or consultants—but with a lot less time, effort and money.
Ultimate Employer® Set ONLY $499
Streamline all your HR functions at a low package price with the Ultimate Employer® Suite of four modules:
- Policies Now®- Create customized employment policies and employee handbooks quickly and easily.
- Descriptions Now® - Develop legally compliant job descriptions, interview questions and job ads in minutes that attract better candidates.
- Performance Now® - Write effective performance reviews and track the goals and accomplishments of employees.
- People Manager® - Maintain accurate records, manage crucial personnel tasks and handle HR issues with confidence.
Policies Now® Module ONLY $199