[Angelique]

Originally Posted by Watergate

Unless, of course, your ex-employee convinces a judge or a jury that your employment manual created rights for them that they didn't have under your state law. That is one of my concerns about any manual that even talks about things like "probationary" employees -- it implies you have some sort of job security once your probation period expires.

No offense Watergate... but TanToday is here to provide salon owners world wide with information that will help them in business. Employment laws are different not only from state to stae but in other countries as well. We are not here to create drama, debates, or paranoia. We have no legal issues here, disclaimers, or need for them. We are all educated adults who know we are each in our own way responsible for the way we conduct business. I understand your concerns because you used to work for a legal firm. However, there is no need to be paranoid. As I mentioned in my thread ... one of my family members is a US Attorney for a Washington D.C. firm and is my personal legal counsel. He has read and approved everything within my manual. My manual is NOT written by my attorney because I don't want my manual written in legal-ese. I want my manual easy to read by my employees. It is not written to intimidate them it is written to help the business run smoothly and for the employees to know what is expected of them. If they break a policy, I have their signature stating that they KNEW the policy and knew what they were doing.

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