Bring your employee handbook/policy manual into compliance with ISM's Employee Handbook Review service. Call today and schedule a review to improve your handbook, reduce your risk of Employment Practices Liability claims, and ensure your policies comply with federal and state regulations.

Effective Employee Handbooks

Creating and consistently maintaining a legally compliant and effective employee handbook/policy manual requires significant time and energy—something you probably don't have in abundance! We can help. ISM's HR Consultants can help you create and maintain an exemplary manual that:

• Helps provide a sound legal defense in the event of an employee claim
• Ensures that school policies are in compliance with state and federal regulations
• Communicates your school's expectations regarding employee behavior, acceptable practices, and conflict resolution processes
• Helps educate employees about your school: its history, growth, traditions, values, mission, and vision for the future
• Informs employees about the benefits your school provides including holidays, vacation, health insurance, leaves of absence, etc.
• Answers recurring questions from your faculty/staff

Benefits to You

Lots of companies offer canned, fill-in-the-blanks handbooks. ISM reviews, revises, and improves them. To us, there's nothing generic about your school—or its policies. Our trained HR Consultants know private-independent school HR policies. Call today for a detailed review of your handbook/policy manual. You don't even have to leave your office! Your review is conducted by mail, e-mail, and telephone. The following services are included:

• Detailed written and verbal report
• Suggested additions and deletions provided in Microsoft Word format for easy accept/reject without retyping  (View a sample)
• Model policies relevant to private-independent schools
• Background articles from various ISM resources
• Three months of follow-up telephone support related to the review
• Up to 60-minutes of telephone consultation on any HR topic(s) for one year following your review

To find out more about ISM's HR Services, contact Terri Gillespie, ISM's Consulting Coordinator, at 302-656-4944 (ext. 134).

ISM provides management consulting services to private-independent schools. ISM is not a law firm. No service or information provided by ISM should be construed as legal advice.