All 50 states are available on our Employee Handbook Builder platform.
Employee Handbooks
SHRM offers two options for creating an Employee Handbook for your company: a free sample template, or a premium, customizable online service.
Sample Handbook
The Sample Handbook is a Word document, free for SHRM members to download and modify as necessary.
Use of the Sample Handbook
The Sample Handbook is available only to SHRM members, and may be downloaded and modified for your organization. It is intended to be a sample, and it may or may not reflect the compliance issues relevant to your state, locality or organization. Any employee handbooks should be reviewed by your legal counsel for compliance with federal and state laws and regulations and should be modified to suit your organization's culture, industry and practices.
Premium Employee Handbook Builder
For a customized handbook, the SHRM Employee Handbook Builder takes the work out of creating and maintaining an employee reference manual, and it offers both digital and printer-friendly access to the output. With state-specific filters and customizable fields offering pre-populated staff policies and procedures, the platform’s drag-and-drop, step-by-step interface is simple to use. The everyday policies offered in the SHRM Employee Handbook Builder reflect the latest federal and state workplace compliance guidance, as vetted by the platform’s legal partner, Jackson Lewis. As a SHRM Employee Handbook Builder subscriber, you receive regular alerts for any state or federal law changes that occur during the annual subscription term.
Build, Update, & Customize Your EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK Online with One Simple Tool!
Creating and updating an employee handbook can be overwhelming, costly and expose you to unnecessary risk. With SHRM’s Employee Handbook Builder (EHB) you’ll save time, money and get peace of mind that your handbook is up-to-date with today’s ever changing employment policies.
The SHRM Employee Handbook Builder is a browser-based system, unlike software products that require you to download files onto your desktop. With the Handbook Builder, you can build, access, and update your handbook from any computer with a browser and an internet connection. Your handbook is hosted on secured servers and can be made available over the web to employees with real-time updates you provide.
- Quickly and easily create a custom employee handbook – creating a custom employee handbook is expensive and time consuming. With SHRM’s EHB, you can include your logo and custom policies at no extra cost!
- Stay compliant with state and federal policies - staying on top of the latest policy can be overwhelming. SHRM's EHB delivers state and federal updates straight to your inbox and automatically updates your handbook.
- Minimize your liability – your handbook is written and designed by leading employment law experts at Jackson Lewis.
- Save on printing costs with online access for employees - each employee will receive a custom link and login to access their handbook.
- Avoid time consuming downloads and limited access - our employee handbook builder is fully web-based - no need for any software downloads!