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Editorial Review: Product Description: Employee handbooks are crucial to the success of any business. And Policies Now is the simplest way to create personnel policies customized to your organization. With Policies Now you can create an entire employee handbook in a fraction of the time you would normally spend. Employee lawsuits are on the rise. And should an employee dispute erupt into litigation, your personnel policies will be among the first documents to be subpoenaed. With Policies Now, youandquot;ll have a legally appropriate employee handbook thatandquot;s specific to your business - not just a collection of 'canned policies' with your company name on them. Whether your organization is large or small, Policies Now can help you achieve the kind of professional results you would expect from attorneys or consultants. Product Information - Software Sub Type: Policy Management - Software Name: Policies Now v.6.0 - Features and Benefits: Writes polices for you: - Easy-to-use wizard delivers professional results - QandA process customizes policies and prompts you to consider important issues you might otherwise overlook - 3 language styles to choose from - formal, informal and plain English - Word processing and formatting capabilities are built in - Spell checker and thesaurus are included - HR Forms Portfolio provides customizable personnel forms, letters, agreements, memos and checklists Publishes with ease: - Automatically creates table of contents and builds a Amazon.com Review: Policies Now is an uncomplicated, no-frills application containing all the basic information any employer might need to create an employee handbook. Installation is somewhat lengthy, but also very straightforward. Policies Now is simple enough for the most novice user. Its navigation, menus, and word processing functions will seem familiar to the everyday user, and can be mastered with very little research and training. Policies Now walks you through the process of setting up and creating your employee handbook. Start out by entering the vital stats of your company, such the organization's name, address, Web page, logo, etc. After completing this stage choose from several different kinds of handbook styles, then move on to choosing the content for your handbook. You can select from lists of policies in such employee handbook categories as Introduction, Employment, Employment Status & Records, Employee Benefit Programs, Timekeeping/Payroll, and others. You can also customize categories based on any material Policies Now might not include. It is important to note that Policies Now content is written based on California state laws. While most other state laws are similar, it can't be guaranteed that they're the same. It is the responsibility of the user to ensure that their final policies comply with their states laws. Overall, Policies Now is a straightforward, easy-to-use program that saves employers precious time and money. --Kendra Hayden Amazon.com Product Description: Policies Now helps HR professionals and small businesses write, publish, and maintain legally appropriate employee handbooks. Policies Now walks users through every step of writing and publishing an employee handbook using an easy interview process and built-in expertise to save hours of time. Its question-and-answer format combines the user's knowledge of their organization with embedded HR and legal expertise for completely customized results. Built-in style sheets offer a variety of handbook layouts. With the Online Handbook feature, Policies Now automatically saves the handbook in HTML format for easy and instant publishing over Intranets. Maintain up to six separate handbooks for different employee groups. Choose from a complete selection of more than 90 different policies addressing hundreds of topics ranging from equal employment opportunity to job safety and training, to violence in the workplace and sexual harassment. From benefits to compliance with legislative issues, Policies Now writes clear, concise policy statements that are completely customized to your specific organization. Automatic Web links jump to hundreds of Internet sites with additional legal and policy background information. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - great from small businesPolicies Now walks you through dozens of issues that need to be addressed in a employee manual. It gives you an explanation of the issue, factors that should be considered when deciding on a policy, gives you options on how to address the isue and lets you proof read and edit the policy. Its very easy to use. Rating:  - Great product for small companiesThis product is a great starter tool for small companies. It helps the company think through and establish the corporate culture. Rating: - Policies Now HandbookThis is a great and inexpensive program to use in order to create a fairly good and comprehensive handbook for a small to medium size company. I used an older version years ago and the enhancements have been good. You can virtually create your handbook without any need for program training, etc. It's really fairly simple. My only suggestion is for Knowledgepoint to create a Canadian version of this program. Rating: - Caveat EmptorUsed this in the past, and may again in the near future. One caveat, though. Spring for an attorney to review it before use, so it doesn't come back and bite you. Rating: - Easy and fast.I used this software to create a handbook for the company where I am employed. I'm always pressed for time, and Policies Now was simple and quick. I created an entire handbook in no time. I receive email updates on changing HR laws from Knowlegde Point, which is helpful. The software also allows you to create your own inclusions that apply specifically to your own business. The user can create the handbook as HTML, text, or a Word document, which is great. Overall, I was very ... Read More |
