Carswell (www.carswell.com), Canada's leading provider of specialized information and electronic research solutions to the legal, tax, finance, accounting and human resources markets, announced today the launch of Carswell Custom Handbooks, an exciting new offering into the Human Resources marketplace for businesses of all sizes.
Backed by Carswell’s legal compliance knowledge, expertise, and product line, Carswell Custom Handbooks provides a true business solution for the Human Resources market. Experienced HR Advisors collaborate with customers to determine their needs and help create a customized employee handbook appropriate to their employee base, organization, and market. Drawing from existing policies and practices, Carswell Custom Handbooks Advisors work with customers to establish what policies are relevant to their organization, and then provide policies to match those needs.
“It is impossible to overstate the importance of a thorough and professionally produced employee handbook. By containing every essential policy, our customized employee handbooks provide security for your business and your employees,” said Don Van Meer, President and CEO, Carswell.
“Now more than ever before, it is critical for businesses to have formal written policies that are readily available to all employees. Moreover, these policies must be properly researched and recorded, and must comply with provincial and federal legislation. However, not all organizations have the time and resources to create and maintain their own employee handbooks. That’s where Carswell Custom Handbooks steps in,” said Ben Wentzell, Director, Carswellbusiness.
Carswell Custom Handbooks is able to deliver customized employee handbooks in a fraction of the time it would take an individual company to research, draft, edit, revise, consult, vet by a labour law professional, and print from scratch. Carswell Custom Handbooks’ unique process and “90-Minute Solution” draws on the knowledge and experience of over 350 legal and HR professionals to create a customized employee handbook featuring clear, concise, and comprehensive policies that cover all possible issues.
Along with the employee handbook, customers benefit from the support of an experienced HR Advisor who will gather data, answer questions, and work closely with them to meet their needs. Moreover, the Carswell Custom Handbooks Maintenance Program provides an annual update to handbooks that integrates all relevant legislative changes, a quarterly electronic newsletter, and the opportunity to incorporate new policies as business needs change.
“The Carswell Custom Handbooks process for creating, distributing, and maintaining employee handbooks with every essential policy in a single, concise, and consistent format makes producing a reliable and all-inclusive employee handbook quick and easy,” said Ben Wentzell.
“Get the employee handbook off your desk and onto ours!”
About Carswell
Carswell (www.carswell.com) is Canada's leading provider of specialized information and electronic research solutions to the legal, tax, finance, accounting and human resources markets. Headquartered in Toronto, ON, Carswell provides integrated information in a range of formats, including books, loose-leaf services, journals, newsletters, CD-ROMS and online. Carswell is a business within The Thomson Corporation.
About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation (http://www.thomson.com), with 2005 revenues of $8.70 billion,
is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and
professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information, software tools
and applications to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting,
financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate e-learning and
assessment, scientific research and healthcare. With operational headquarters in
Stamford, Conn., Thomson has approximately 40,000 employees and provides services in approximately 130 countries. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).
For more information, please contact:
Jayne Jackson
Media Relations
Carswell
416.298.5007
jayne.jackson@thomson.com