Employee Handbook: Overview, Status and Purpose
Published on: 12/12/2018
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Leeanne Armstrong Managing Associate, Lewis Silkin (NI) LLP
Leeanne Armstrong Managing Associate, Lewis Silkin (NI) LLP
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Leeanne has extensive experience advising a range of regional, national, and international employer clients on various contentious and non-contentious employment law issues. She is dual qualified and practises in both Northern Ireland and England & Wales.

She assists HR, management, and in-house legal teams with a range of day-to-day employee relations issues, such as poor performance, ill health, disciplinary matters, and grievances. She also provides advice and guidance to clients on redundancy exercises, contract and policy reviews, senior employee exits, and the transfer of employees under TUPE.

As an introduction to our new Employee Handbook series (coming in January 2019), Leeanne Armstrong discusses the 'Overview, Status and Purpose' of the employee handbook including:

  • Why have an employee handbook?
  • Getting the basics of the handbook right
  • Should the employee handbook be contractual or non-contractual?
  • Top tips for refreshing your handbook
The series will cover the essential elements of the employee handbook, looking at both important practical points for HR practitioners as well as highlighting the key legal principles and common pitfalls/issues that might arise. Each month's article will include some sample wording or a template document which is relevant to the particular handbook policy/procedure being covered.

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 12/12/2018