Get Expert Eyes on Your HR Documents Before You Roll Them Out
You’ve customized an employee handbook section, drafted a new policy, or adapted a template for your company. It looks good to you, but you’re not an HR expert. Is it compliant? Are there gaps? Does it actually say what you think it says?
This Professional Document Review Service gives you detailed, expert feedback on 3-5 pages of HR documents you’ve created or customized—helping you catch issues before they become problems.
This is not a quick glance or compliance checkbox. This is comprehensive, line-by-line feedback with specific recommendations for improving compliance, clarity, and completeness. You’ll know exactly what to fix and why it matters.
Perfect for:
- Companies with 10-50 employees who are building HR documentation themselves
- Startups that customized handbook templates and want validation before rollout
- Growing businesses whose founder or office manager drafted policies that need expert review
- Organizations updating documents created years ago that may no longer be compliant
What’s Included
Comprehensive Document Review: We review your 3-5 pages of HR documents with attention to:
Compliance & Legal Risk:
- Federal employment law requirements (FLSA, FMLA, ADA, etc.)
- State-specific legal requirements for your locations
- Required notices, disclaimers, and acknowledgments
- Language that creates unintended contractual obligations
- Policies that conflict with each other or current law
Clarity & Usability:
- Whether employees and managers will understand what’s expected
- Ambiguous language that leads to inconsistent enforcement
- Missing procedures or approval workflows
- Overly complex policies that won’t be followed in practice
- Tone and readability for your workforce
Completeness & Best Practices:
- Critical components or sections that are missing
- Information that should be included but isn’t
- Industry-standard elements your document lacks
- Opportunities to make policies more effective or easier to administer
Detailed Feedback Deliverable:
- Line-by-line comments and suggested changes
- Priority ranking (must-fix compliance issues vs. nice-to-have improvements)
- Specific language recommendations where appropriate
- Explanation of why each change matters
- Red-flag items that need immediate attention
Follow-Up Review: After you make edits based on our feedback, we review the revised version to ensure issues were properly addressed and no new problems were introduced.
Our Process:
- Document submission: You upload your 3-5 pages (Word or PDF)
- Expert review (3-4 business days): We conduct comprehensive review with detailed feedback
- Feedback delivery: You receive marked-up document with comments and recommendations
- You make revisions: You update your document based on feedback
- Follow-up review (2 business days): We review your revised version and confirm issues are resolved
What’s Not Included
This service reviews documents you’ve already created—it does not include writing or customization:
- Writing new policies or documents from scratch (see our Policy Writing or Handbook Customization services)
- Legal review or attorney sign-off (we provide HR expertise, not legal counsel)
- Unlimited rounds of revision review (one follow-up review is included)
- Review of more than 5 pages (longer documents require custom quote)
- Implementation support or manager training on reviewed documents
- Ongoing consultation on policy questions after review is complete
Documents We Commonly Review
Handbook Sections:
- Complete handbook chapters (5 pages maximum per review)
- PTO and leave policy sections
- Workplace conduct and expectations sections
- Compensation and benefits sections
- State-specific policy addendums
Standalone Policies:
- Remote work and flexible schedule policies
- Expense reimbursement and business travel policies
- Social media and technology use policies
- Performance management and disciplinary procedures
- Safety policies and injury reporting procedures
Employment Documents:
- Offer letter templates
- Employment agreement provisions (non-compete, confidentiality, IP assignment)
- Employee acknowledgment forms
- Separation and release agreements
- Independent contractor agreements
Onboarding & Forms:
- New hire onboarding checklists and packets
- Employee information forms
- Benefits enrollment materials and explanations
- Performance review forms and rating scales
- Disciplinary action documentation templates
Why Professional Review Matters
“It looks fine to me” is not the same as expert review: You might not recognize that your PTO policy accidentally creates a legal obligation to pay out unused time, or that your remote work policy conflicts with your wage and hour practices, or that your dress code inadvertently creates discrimination risk.
Template customization is harder than it looks: Adapting a generic template to your company requires understanding how different provisions interact, what your state requires, and how your specific operations affect policy language. Small mistakes in customization create big problems.
Inconsistency is one of the biggest risks: If your handbook says one thing, your policy says another, and your practices do a third thing, you’ve created confusion and legal exposure. Expert review catches these inconsistencies.
Prevention is cheaper than fixes: Spending a few hundred dollars on expert review is significantly cheaper than dealing with an employee dispute, compliance violation, or lawsuit that could have been prevented with proper documentation.
Common Review Findings We See
Compliance Issues:
- PTO policies that accidentally create payout obligations
- Missing state-required meal break or sick leave provisions
- At-will employment language that’s too weak or missing entirely
- Required notices or disclaimers that are absent
- Policies that violate wage and hour laws
Clarity Problems:
- Ambiguous language that will be interpreted differently by different people
- Approval procedures that don’t specify who approves what
- Policies that reference “supervisor” but your company doesn’t use that term
- Technical jargon that employees won’t understand
- Contradictory statements within the same document
Completeness Gaps:
- Missing sections that address common situations
- Procedures described but approval workflows not documented
- References to other policies that don’t exist
- Industry-specific considerations not addressed
- State-specific requirements for your location not included
What Happens After Your Review
You’ll have:
- Clear understanding of every issue in your document
- Specific recommendations for fixing each problem
- Priority guidance on what’s critical vs. optional
- Confidence that your revised document is solid
- Documentation of expert review for your records
You’ll be ready to:
- Make targeted revisions to address issues
- Implement the policy or document with confidence
- Train managers on the policy knowing it’s compliant
- Distribute the document to employees
- Reference the policy during employee relations situations
You’ll still need to:
- Actually make the recommended revisions yourself
- Implement the policy and communicate to employees
- Train managers on policy enforcement
- Update the document as laws or practices change
- Consider legal review for high-risk policies or industries
Timeline & Investment
Service price: $124
Typical turnaround: 3-4 business days for initial review, 2 business days for follow-up review after your revisions
To get started:
- Purchase this service
- Upload your 3-5 pages (Word or PDF format preferred)
- We’ll conduct comprehensive review and return marked-up document with detailed feedback
- You make revisions based on our recommendations
- We review your revised version and confirm all issues are properly addressed
Have more than 5 pages to review? Contact us for a custom quote—we can accommodate longer documents with adjusted timeline and pricing.
Is This Service Right for You?
This service is ideal if you:
- Have 10-50 employees and are building HR documentation yourself
- Customized a handbook template and want expert validation before rollout
- Drafted a policy and want to ensure it’s compliant and clear
- Are updating old documents and want to catch compliance issues
- Want comprehensive feedback, not just a quick compliance check
You might need something different if you:
- Want us to create the document for you from scratch (see our Policy Writing or Handbook Customization services)
- Need only a quick compliance check on 1-2 pages (that might be appropriate for membership credits)
- Have documents longer than 5 pages (contact us for custom scoping)
- Need legal representation or advice (we provide HR expertise, not legal counsel)
- Need ongoing HR consultation beyond document review (consider fractional HR services)
Questions about whether this service fits your needs? Contact us—we’re happy to discuss your document review needs.
Related Resources:
- Visit the Compliance Launch Hub for policy best practices
