{"id":1493,"date":"2020-07-10T12:47:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T16:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2021-11-18T12:27:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T17:27:39","slug":"bugle-99-your-handbook-handbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/bugle-99-your-handbook-handbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Bugle #99: Your Handbook Handbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Funny seeing you here. <\/strong>After wearing our thinking caps and racking the brains of HR professionals and employment attorneys, we created an expansive resource on <a title=\"How to Write Policies and Procedures\" href=\"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/how-to-write-policies-procedures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how to write policies and procedures<\/a>. And, if that wasn\u2019t enough, it even comes with a <a title=\"workbook\" href=\"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/assets\/blissbook-how-to-write-policies-companion-workbook.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">companion workbook<\/a>. Now we\u2019re talking!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, enough about us. To keep your HR, leadership and policy management game strong, check out the articles we found over the past couple weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"color: #fd5d5d; font-size: 36px;\">\u2726 \u2726 \u2726<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Article of the Week:<\/strong> Whoops, back to us. Normally we bury the Article of the Week and have you hunt for it by looking for the <span style=\"color: #fd5d5d;\">\u2726<\/span>. However, we\u2019ll make it extra simple this time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"color: #fd5d5d;\">\u2726 \u2726 \u2726 <\/span><strong><a title=\"AotW How to Write P+P\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/how-to-write-policies-procedures\" target=\"_blank\">How to Write Policies and Procedures<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #fd5d5d;\"> \u2726 \u2726 \u2726<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/verne-ho-vio0tyzxl4u-unsplash-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1695\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"null wp-block-heading\">Show Employees They\u2019re Valued<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a title=\"It's Time to Act\" href=\"https:\/\/fistfuloftalent.com\/2020\/06\/its-time-to-act.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">It\u2019s Time to Act<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"What should you do when people cry at work?\" href=\"http:\/\/thecontextofthings.com\/2020\/06\/30\/what-should-you-do-when-people-cry-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What should you do when people cry at work?<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"Black Lives Matter, Racial Unrest and Corporate Culture \u2013 How Do Employers Respond? (US)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.employmentlawworldview.com\/black-lives-matter-racial-unrest-and-corporate-culture-how-do-employers-respond-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Lives Matter, Racial Unrest and Corporate Culture \u2013 How Do Employers Respond? 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target=\"_blank\">Addressing Race Discrimination Complaints in the Workplace<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"An Employee Has COVID-19\u2014 Now What?\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisherphillips.com\/resources-alerts-an-employee-has-covid-19-now-what\" target=\"_blank\">An Employee Has COVID-19 Now What?<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"I-9 Inspection and Return-to-Work Issues\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonlewis.com\/publication\/i-9-inspection-and-return-work-issues\" target=\"_blank\">I-9 Inspection and Return-to-Work Issues<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"US COVID-19: Managing FFCRA \u201cChild Care\u201d Leave During The Summer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bclpatwork.com\/2020\/06\/us-covid-19-managing-ffcra-child-care-leave-during-the-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\">US COVID-19: Managing FFCRA \u201cChild Care\u201d Leave During The Summer<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/janine-robinson-pxi1qhr1f50-unsplash-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/janine-robinson-pxi1qhr1f50-unsplash-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1698\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"null wp-block-heading\">Location-Specific Company Protection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a title=\"Colorado: Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act Expands\" href=\"https:\/\/ogletree.com\/insights\/colorado-expands-emergency-paid-sick-leave-act-to-require-virtually-all-private-employers-to-provide-paid-sick-leave-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colorado: Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act Expanded<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"San Francisco: Emergency ordinance targets layoffs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.littler.com\/publication-press\/publication\/new-san-francisco-emergency-ordinance-requires-layoff-notices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco: Emergency ordinance targets layoffs<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"Tennessee: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonlewis.com\/publication\/tennessee-pregnant-workers-fairness-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tennessee: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"Virginia: Wage and Hour and Pregnancy Discrimination Laws Now in Effect\" href=\"https:\/\/www.littler.com\/publication-press\/publication\/new-virginia-wage-and-hour-and-pregnancy-discriminationaccommodation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia: Wage and Hour and Pregnancy Discrimination Laws Now in Effect<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/luis-villasmil-mlvbmbxfwi4-unsplash-01-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/luis-villasmil-mlvbmbxfwi4-unsplash-01-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1699\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"null wp-block-heading\">Become a Better You<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a title=\"Don't Let Micro-Stresses Burn You Out\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2020\/07\/dont-let-micro-stresses-burn-you-out\" target=\"_blank\">Don\u2019t Let Micro-Stresses Burn You Out<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"Where Do I Find a Mentor?\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/optimizing-success\/202007\/where-do-i-find-mentor\" target=\"_blank\">Where Do I Find a Mentor?<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"How to Say No Without Feeling the Need to Make Excuses\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/tinybuddha.com\/blog\/how-to-say-no-without-feeling-the-need-to-make-excuses\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to Say No Without Feeling the Need to Make Excuses<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a title=\"The 9 Greatest Punctuation Marks, Ranked\" href=\"https:\/\/level.medium.com\/the-9-greatest-punctuation-marks-ranked-e59822a4ad31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The 9 Greatest Punctuation Marks, Ranked<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funny seeing you here. After wearing our thinking caps and racking the brains of HR professionals and employment attorneys, we created an expansive resource on how to write policies and procedures. And, if that wasn\u2019t enough, it even comes with a companion workbook. Now we\u2019re talking! Anyway, enough about us. To keep your HR, leadership [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,32,4,23,64,63,25,5,47,57,22,68,21,75,26,70,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blissbook-updates","category-change-management","category-company-culture","category-cya","category-discrimination","category-diversity","category-employee-handbooks","category-engagement","category-handbook-content","category-hr-resources","category-inspiration-2","category-leadership","category-links","category-paid-leave","category-policy-management","category-psychology","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1493"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2534,"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493\/revisions\/2534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}