Handbook software built for UK employment law.
Use it as an employee handbook builder to create one from scratch, or bring the handbook you have: audit it, draft what is missing, publish it for your team, and keep it compliant as the law changes. Built UK-first, not adapted from a US template.
7-day free trial. No credit card. Bring your existing handbook.
Everything the handbook lifecycle needs.
From first audit to day-to-day employee questions, in one place.
Compliance gap analysis
Every section checked against 15+ UK legislation sources. Gaps ranked Critical to Low, each citing the specific law behind it.
AI policy drafting
Compliant redrafts of weak policies in one click, or new policies from scratch in your tone of voice. Export to Word or PDF.
Living handbook
Publish your handbook online with dated version history, so there is always evidence of what applied and when.
Handbook Chatbot
Employees ask the chatbot instead of HR. Answers come from your own handbook, with citations, and a full audit log.
Legal change alerts
When UK employment law changes, Bounda tells you which of your sections are affected and what needs updating.
40+ HR document types
Disciplinary letters, grievance outcomes, settlement agreements, return-to-work forms, all generated from your handbook.
Start from what you already have.
Paste your existing handbook and Bounda structures it into the 50+ policy types a UK employer needs, checks every section against current legislation, and shows you exactly what to fix first.
- Gap analysis ranked Critical, High, Medium, Low.
- Every issue cites the specific law, linked to legislation.gov.uk.
- AI-drafted compliant fixes you can accept, edit or discard.
Templates, HR suites, or a compliance-first tool?
| Handbook templates | General HR platforms | Bounda | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built for UK employment law | Often US-derived | UK-aware, not law-first | UK legislation is the core engine |
| Finds gaps in what you already have | No | Rarely | Ranked gap analysis with legal citations |
| Keeps up when the law changes | You re-buy the template | Depends on their content team | Alerts mapped to your affected sections |
| Answers employee questions | No | Sometimes, generic answers | Chatbot answers from your handbook, cited |
| Cost to find out where you stand | Purchase price | Demo call and a contract | Free 7-day trial, no card |
- Built for UK law
- Legal citations on every gap
- ICO registered
- Encrypted in transit and at rest
- Word and PDF export
- Cancel anytime
Questions UK employers are asking
What does employee handbook software actually do?
Good handbook software does four jobs: audits what you already have against current law, drafts what is missing, publishes the result so employees can actually use it, and keeps it current as legislation changes. Bounda does all four, built specifically for UK employment law including the Employment Rights Act 2025.
How is Bounda different from buying a handbook template?
A template is a snapshot: generic text, often US-derived, that starts going stale the day you buy it. Bounda works from your existing policies, shows you exactly where they fall short of UK law with citations, drafts the fixes, and alerts you when legislation changes. The handbook stays alive instead of quietly expiring.
How is Bounda different from a general HR platform?
General HR platforms are built around people admin: holiday, absence, onboarding. The handbook module is usually a document store. Bounda is built the other way up: UK employment law compliance is the engine, and the handbook is a living document checked against 15+ legislation sources, with gap analysis, AI drafting and a chatbot on top.
Can I use Bounda as an employee handbook builder, starting from scratch?
Yes. If you have no handbook at all, Bounda works as a handbook builder: tell it about your business and it generates the full set of UK policies in your tone of voice, each one checked against current legislation as it is drafted. You end up with a complete, compliant handbook rather than a stack of templates to fill in.
Can I bring my existing handbook into Bounda?
Yes, that is the intended starting point. Paste your existing handbook or individual policies and Bounda structures them into standard UK policy types automatically. There is no need to reformat or reorganise anything first.
What does Bounda cost?
There is a 7-day free trial with no credit card, which is enough to run a full compliance check on your existing handbook. Paid plans are simple monthly or annual subscriptions; see the pricing page for current figures.
Is Bounda suitable for small businesses without an HR team?
Yes. Bounda was designed so a business owner or office manager can do handbook compliance work that previously needed an HR consultant: the gap analysis explains each issue in plain English, cites the law, and drafts the fix for you.
See it working on your own handbook.
The trial is the demo: paste your handbook, run the gap analysis, and judge the results yourself.