The lawyer route
$3,000–$6,000 and three weeks of back-and-forth for a document most small employers only need as a starting point.
For employers with 1–49 people
Every small business needs an employee handbook.
Lawyers charge $3,000+. Generic templates don't fit your business. Answer a few questions and get a complete first draft — written around your industry, your team, and your state or province — in about two minutes.
Build my free draft
No credit card. No account needed.
Three bad options, until now
The $19 template
Generic Word files with [COMPANY NAME] placeholders, wrong-state language, and policies your business doesn't run.
Doing nothing
The most common choice — and the one that leaves you exposed the first time an attendance or conduct dispute comes up.
How it works
- 1
Tell us about your business
Industry, headcount, where you operate, who works for you, and which policies you actually need.
- 2
We draft the handbook
A complete, numbered handbook with your business name throughout and framing that matches your state or province.
- 3
Read it, copy it, print it
Review on screen, copy as markdown, or download a formatted PDF with cover page and table of contents.
Free draft
$0 — no card needed
- Table of contents and your first policy section
- Full draft delivered by email capture
- Copy as markdown or download as PDF
HandbookHQ Pro
$19/month, cancel anytime
- Every section of every handbook, unlocked
- Unlimited regenerations as policies, headcount or laws change
- Your last five handbooks saved to your account
Build your draft
About two minutes of questions. Nothing is sent to you by email unless you ask for it.