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Contributing business writer

Collette McKenna Parker

May 22, 2008

If you're a small company, there's no reason to have an employee handbook, right? What's the point of writing out HR policies like sick days and dress code if it's just you and your partner? You can handle those issues over a cup of coffee. What about if the company is a little bigger?

"Typically, a company will consider publishing a handbook by the time it has 25 or more employees. But regardless of whether your organization has a formal handbook, there are certain HR policies that are required by law and others that would be extremely wise to have in written form," writes AllBusiness.com writer Barrie Gross in " Important HR Policies in Writing." Click here to see if your company follows the recommendations.

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