HR Manual vs. Employee Handbook: Can Someone Explain the Difference?

Hi everybody! I need to know the difference between an HR Manual and an Employee Handbook. Is there a difference at all? If yes, could anyone educate me about it? Thank you.

HR Manual deals with the functions and standard procedures available in an organization for Human Resource Management, whereas the Employee Handbook is actually the policy guide devised for employees to follow the rules and regulations of the company.

The HR Manual is meant for HR personnel only, whereas the Employee Handbook is applicable to all employees.

Hi,

Thank you very much for the information you provided regarding HR Manual and Employee Handbook. That was a great help for me in developing an HR Manual for my company.

Dear Leo,

The contents are great, man. Further, may I request you to attach a few samples of the following items:

Forms:
- DEV101 Ex1 Training Plan
- DEV102 Ex1 Request For Training

Thanks and best regards,

Hello Leo,

I have recently joined the group. The information you have provided is very useful, and I want to thank you for the same. I am working on preparing an HR Manual for an IT company. I would like to know what should be the key takeaways from the HR manual.

Waiting for your reply.

Thanking you in anticipation,

Yamini

Hi Leo,

Really a very useful information provided by you. This will be really helpful in creating the HR manual and handbook for an employee.

Thanks,
Omika

Hi Leo,

Really a very useful information provided by you. This will be really helpful in creating the HR manual and handbook for an employee.

Thanks,
Omika :)

This is really very useful information that has been shared with us. But here is my question: can we have both an HR manual and an employee handbook at the same time? Because we have only one book or manual for employees, either the EHB or HR Manual. Are they both integral parts of each other? Can we say that first we have to design the Employee Handbook or HR Manual?