Office etiquette | Why old-school staff handbooks are making a comeback

• Onboarding new staff, or retraining the current workforce, comes with a variety of drawbacks in the new era of hybrid working.

• Increasing reliance on cloud systems, digital tech and a lack of face-to-face interactions can leave many employees confused about their workplace policies.

• It’s why managers of some top firms have resurrected a simple yet incredibly effective tool.

In an increasingly hybrid world of work (and with some firms now going fully remote for a variety of reasons, be it saving rent costs or scrapping geographical limits on their talent pool), large numbers of employers are turning to a staple of business operations of years gone by - the staff handbook.