Franklin County BOC Asks for Public Input on Employee Handbook

Franklin County Commissioners are asking for employee as well as public input on revisions made to their employee handbook.

The Board has been reviewing the revisions suggested by county clerk Elaine Evans.  Last August Evans listed a number of problems with the handbook, including outdated policies on when medical insurance should start for new employees, bereavement leave, and changes to federal law that affect employees in the work place.   Since then, county staff has been working on revisions.

At their regular meeting Monday evening, commission chair Thomas Bridges said the board is holding off on voting on a final draft until they get some input.

“We have a draft copy of the employees handbook, but we do not want to take any action tonight,” Bridges said. “We want all employees and the public to have a look at the handbook to see if we need to do any additions, subtractions or anything of that nature.”

Commissioner Jeff Jacques suggested the draft of the handbook also be put on the county Web site to make it easier for the public to review and Bridges agreed.

Bridges did not give a timeline for when the Board expects to approve the new employee handbook.