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Employee Handbooks 101

This course walks independent restaurant operators through the practical decisions that make a staff handbook useful on the floor.

What you'll learn

This course walks independent restaurant operators through the practical decisions that make a staff handbook useful on the floor. You'll learn how to state purpose clearly, structure sections for quick lookup, and write plain-language policies that staff actually follow.

By focusing on operational clarity rather than legalese, the lessons show how attendance, scheduling, and recordkeeping expectations tie directly to consistent enforcement and daily routines. Each lesson uses real restaurant examples and short checks for understanding so you can draft or revise handbook sections with confidence.

Whether you're building a first draft or making targeted updates, the course gives clear rules for placement, tone, and essential compliance documentation. It points to practical next steps for tools you may already use for on-shift routines and reporting so the handbook connects to how your team works day-to-day.

Employee Handbooks 101
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Course Content

5 lessons across 2 sections

Handbook Foundations

4 lessons
Lesson 1: Purpose, Policies, and Scope of the Employee Handbook4:45
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Lesson 2: Handbook Structure and Plain Language5:59
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Lesson 3: Attendance, Scheduling, and Time Policies5:24
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Lesson 4: Legal Compliance, Recordkeeping, and Handbook Updates5:48
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Bonus

1 lesson
The Deep Dive15:39
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We've worked with Google to build the videos & audio for this free course. It's based on our content plan, but we used NotebookLM to generate video lessons and a Deep Dive lesson to help you learn!