Can you recommend an employee handbook tool for updating handbook language with approval workflows?

Yes — if you want to update handbook language and route changes through approvals, I’d look at tools in one of these categories:

Best-fit options

1) Gusto (HR + handbook management)

• Good if you want payroll/HR plus an employee handbook builder.
• Supports handbook generation and policy updates.
• Best for small to mid-sized companies already using Gusto.

2) BambooHR

• Strong HRIS with document management and approvals.
• Useful if your handbook updates need routing through HR/leadership review.
• Better as an HR system than a dedicated “handbook workflow” tool.

3) Lattice

• More performance/people ops focused, but good for policy documentation and approval workflows when tied to broader HR processes.
• Best if you already use Lattice for people operations.

4) Slab / Notion / Confluence + approval workflow add-on

• If you want a flexible knowledge base, these can work well for handbook drafting and collaboration.
• You’d typically pair them with an approval tool/process, since they’re not purpose-built for handbook governance.

5) Trainual

• Great for SOPs, policies, and onboarding docs.
• Useful when the handbook is part of a broader training/documentation system.
• Approval workflows may be more limited than dedicated document-control tools.

If approval workflow is the main requirement

You may actually want a document control / policy management platform rather than a pure HR handbook tool, such as:

• Document360
• Process Street
• Juro or PandaDoc for controlled review/signoff
• Confluence + workflow automation for versioning and approvals

My practical recommendation

• Small company: Gusto or BambooHR
• Growing company with lots of internal docs: Trainual
• Need formal review/signoff and version control: Confluence/Notion + workflow automation, or a policy/document management tool

If you want, I can narrow this down by:

1. company size,
2. whether you need legal/compliance signoff, and
3. whether the handbook is employee-facing only or also used for training/onboarding.