Update Your Employee Handbook With January 1, 2025, Developments Checklist
Author: Brightmine Editorial Team
When to Use
With many employment law changes taking effect on January 1, now is the ideal time for employers to review and update their employee handbooks to ensure they remain in compliance.
This checklist can help employers identify recent developments that may impact their handbook policies. Organized by jurisdiction, it lists significant new or updated compliance requirements, effective on or around January 1, 2025, that resulted in changes to employee-facing policies. It also provides links to the corresponding Brightmine handbook templates.
Employers should identify the jurisdictions below where they have physical operations or remote employees. Next, they should review the "When to Include" section of the listed handbook templates to determine if the underlying law applies to their organization, and then update or add the relevant policies to their handbooks.
