You probably came here because you need an employee handbook.
That makes sense. When you have employees, you need clear policies, expectations in writing, and a way to protect your business when people problems come up.
But a handbook should not be ALL of your HR system. It should be the foundation.
CEDR helps you build that foundation with a customized employee handbook, then gives you the tools and support to use it well: HR software, employee records, on-going updates and law compliance, document signatures, timekeeping, PTO tracking, HIPAA training, payroll, and expert HR guidance on all employee issues.
For practices that want clear, customized policies built around how their workplace actually operates.
Add HR software, timekeeping, PTO tracking, records, signatures, HIPAA training, labor law posters, compliance tools and more.
HR Software plus CEDR’s White Glove Payroll™ for practices that want timekeeping, PTO and payroll to work together.
Unlimited human based HR experts support you and your managers. No HR issue is to large or small. We can help.
A handbook should do more than list policies.
It should help you lead, manage, document, communicate, and make better decisions when employee issues arise. It should match your business, your state, your policies, and the way your team actually works.
That is why CEDR starts with the handbook.
Once your policies are clear, CEDR can help you choose the right level of support around them—whether that means software to keep everything organized, payroll support to save time, or direct access to HR experts when people problems come up.
Clear Expectations
Clear expectations for employees and managers that comply with state and federal laws
Customized Policies
Policies customized with and for you, that make sense for your business and team.
Powerful Legal Protection
A stronger basis for documentation and follow-through, and to help you avoid making mistakes
Includes Training
All handbooks come with incredible, one on one training as the last step.
Better Context
Better context when you need HR guidance because your policies do no harm
A Foundation
A foundation for software, payroll, compliance tools, and expert support
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Policies created with and for you create the HR foundation.
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Distribute documents, collect signatures, manage records, track time, and organize PTO and more.
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Unlimited expert help before handling discipline, leave, terminations, hiring, and documentation. Keeps your handbook up to date.
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Connect timekeeping and payroll support to affordable payroll and save both time and money
Many businesses come to CEDR looking for a handbook first. That is a smart place to start.
A handbook gives your team policies, structure, and expectations. It helps employees understand how your workplace operates. It helps managers stay consistent. And when a difficult employee issue comes up, it gives everyone a clearer starting point.
The problem is that too many handbooks are treated like DIY projects and might be a liability.
CEDR treats your employee handbook as an active HR tool—one that should reflect how your business actually works, supports confident leadership, and gives your HR decisions a stronger foundation because it is designed to protect.
Get Started with a Handbook
Learn more about CEDR Employee Handbooks
Your handbook creates the roadmap for policies, expectations, documentation, and employee conversations.
backstageHR® helps manage employee files, signatures, timekeeping, PTO, HIPAA training, and compliance tools.
Premier Advisor connects you with CEDR’s Solution Center team of amazing HR experts for help with discipline, leave, terminations, hiring, documentation, and compliance questions.
A handbook built for your actual business, your policies, and the laws that apply to you.
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CEDR’s software that keeps your records, documents, signatures, timekeeping, PTO, HIPAA training, and compliance tools ready for add-ons.
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CEDR’s standalone HR software that you can add a handbook, HR Support, and payroll too.
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Everything in the software and you want to add HR expertise but not payroll.
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White-glove payroll support connected to backstageHR® timekeeping. Add it to any level.
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Expert HR guidance for people problems, documentation, discipline, leave, hiring, terminations, and compliance questions. Over 300,000 HR issues solved since 2006.
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Digital timekeeping, sick time, PTO tracking, employee requests, approval, and payroll reporting.
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Employee files, signed documents, handbook acknowledgments, confidential notes, and training certificates.
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On-demand HIPAA training for employees and privacy officers, tracked inside backstageHR®.
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Physical and digital labor law poster support with updates inside backstageHR®.
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A more organized way to request, track, and manage background checks through backstageHR®. Add-on.
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Running a healthcare practice is hard enough without having to guess your way through employee issues, compliance questions, payroll problems, documentation, and changing employment laws.
CEDR helps practice owners and managers protect what they have built by combining customized policies, practical HR tools, payroll support, compliance resources, and access to real HR experts.
Talk To Us About Your Options
Since 2006
Supporting healthcare practices with HR guidance and practical tools.
3k+
Practices currently rely on CEDR for HR support, handbooks, payroll, and employee issues.
HR Experts
CEDR offers guidance that understands healthcare teams.
Flexibility
Products work together–or independently–as your needs evolve.
That is normal. You may know you need a handbook, but not yet know whether you also need software, payroll, or full HR support.
If your first priority is clear–customized policies.
Then…
If you also want HR software, records signatures, timekeeping, PTO, HIPAA training, and compliance tools.
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If you want software tools plus CEDR Payroll™.
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If you want expert HR guidance for employee issues, compliance questions, documentation, discipline, leave, hiring, or terminations.
Yes. Many businesses come to CEDR because they need an employee handbook first and want our expertise. That is a strong place to start because the handbook creates the policy foundation for local, state, and federal compliance, clearer expectations, better documentation, and more confident HR decisions. We can even help you bundle it with other tools and offer additional discounts, if you’d like.
No. A CEDR handbook is designed to be a practical HR foundation. It should reflect how your business actually works, set clear expectations, support confident leadership, and give your managers and CEDR’s HR experts a clearer roadmap when employee issues arise.
Opening Act includes backstageHR® software, timekeeping, PTO tracking, employee records, document signatures, HIPAA training, labor law poster access, and other HR tools. All three levels allow you to add a CEDR Employee Handbook for an additional discounted fee.
Center Stage includes backstageHR® plus CEDR Payroll™.
Premier Advisor includes full HR support through CEDR’s Solution Center, along with backstageHR® and access to expert HR guidance for employee issues, compliance questions, documentation, discipline, leave, hiring, and terminations. You can add payroll too.
Not always. Some businesses start with the handbook first. Others add backstageHR® because they want an easier way to distribute documents, collect signatures, store employee records, manage timekeeping, track PTO, assign HIPAA training, and stay organized.
CEDR Payroll™ is included with Center Stage. It is also available as an add-on for Opening Act and Premier Advisor.
Premier Advisor includes access to CEDR’s Solution Center team of HR experts, where members can get HR guidance for employee issues, documentation, discipline, leave, terminations, hiring, compliance questions, and other people problems.
That is exactly what the Get Started process is for. CEDR can help you compare the handbook path, Opening Act, Center Stage, and Premier Advisor so you can choose the next step that fits your business. It’s an easy call designed to help you make your own decision. No pressure.
Start with the handbook. Then choose the support, software, payroll, and expert guidance that fit your business best.
Whether you already know what you need or want help comparing your options, CEDR will help you take the next step with clarity.
