How to Create an Employee Handbook (CPE Course)

CPE Credit: 1.5 hours

Course Type: Downloaded PDF materials with online test

Price (with PDF Textbook): $20


Course Description
The employee handbook is an important foundational document for many organizations. In the How to Create an Employee Handbook course, we discuss how to structure such a document, and itemize every possible policy that might be contained within it. For each policy, we list the key concepts, so that you can write your own text for the handbook. This is the essential tool for creating an employee handbook.


Author: Steven Bragg

Course Number: HR1011

Learning Objectives

  • Recognize the structural issues associated with writing an employee handbook.

  • Recall the various types of policies that can be included in an employee handbook, and the contents of each one.

Level: Overview

Instructional Method: QAS Self-Study

NASBA Category: Personnel/Human Resources

Prerequisites: None

Advance Preparation: None

Latest Review Date: January 2024

Program Registration Requirements: Click on "Purchase Course" near the top of this page to pay for and access the course. You will then be able to download the course as a PDF file, then take an on-line examination, and then download a certificate of completion if you pass the examination.

Program Refund Policy: For more information regarding administrative policies concerning complaints, refunds, and other matters, see our policies page.


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The NASBA sponsor identification number for Accountingtools, Inc. is 115881.


AccountingTools is an IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider. We are compliant with the requirements for continuing education providers (as described in sections 10.6 and 10.9 of the Department of Treasury’s Circular No. 230 and in other IRS guidance, forms, and instructions). Our IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider number is 72821.