Example of employee handbook signature page

Your employee handbook is the primary mechanism for communicating policies, rules, and culture to your team. It ensures that all staff members are on the same page and moving in the right direction.

However, if your employees haven’t actually read the contents of the document, this important foundation of the relationship is missing. The handbook acknowledgment page is the mechanism that connects the policies you have created with the employee’s receipt of those policies.

Read on to discover more about why you need this page and how to get it right.

What Is an Acknowledgment Page?

An acknowledgment page — also known as a signature page — is the part of your employee handbook that confirms the document's content has been read and understood.

The page is essentially an agreement that the employee must sign, stating that they understand and will comply with the policies in the handbook.

Signing the handbook (either digita