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Handbook Updates Now on Coming Soon

In response to subscriber feedback, we've made changes to this page. We now include forthcoming key updates and removals of handbook templates to help users plan for changes to these employee-facing documents. Now upcoming resources listed here are identified as "New," "Update" or "Removal" as appropriate.

 

New and updated key resources scheduled to be published include:

October 2024

Family and Medical Leave Form Templates (Colorado) (New)

Letters and Forms

This resource will help employers administer and process family and medical leave requests in Colorado. It includes the following forms: employee leave request, notice of eligibility and rights and responsibilities, and designation notice.

Onboarding (New)

Leading Practice Guide

These resources explore planning and executing a successful onboarding program to help create a work environment that engages employees and aids in reducing turnover.

November 2024

Income Tax Withholding Requirements by State (New)

50-State Charts

This resource will help multistate employers determine which state's income tax to withhold from the pay of resident and nonresident employees no matter where they perform work, even if remotely.

December 2024

Access to Personnel Files Handbook Statement: Illinois (Update)

Handbook Templates

This resource will be updated to reflect amendments to the Personnel Record Review Act, which include expansion of the types of documents employees may inspect and copy, effective January 1, 2025.

Cell Phone Use/Texting While Driving Handbook Statement: Colorado (Update)

Handbook Templates

This resource will be updated to reflect amendments to the state distracted driving law, effective January 1, 2025.

EEO Handbook Statement: Illinois; Sexual and Other Unlawful Harassment Handbook Statement: Illinois; and Sexual and Other Unlawful Harassment Handbook Statement: Chicago, Illinois (Update)

Handbook Templates

These resources will be updated to reflect an amendment to the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA) that prohibits discrimination based on reproductive health decisions and an amendment to the IHRA that prohibits discrimination and harassment based on family responsibilities, both effective January 1, 2025.

Family Leave Insurance Handbook Statement: California (Update)

Handbook Templates

This resource will be updated to reflect an increase in paid family leave benefit amounts available through the Family Temporary Disability Insurance program, effective January 1, 2025.

Handbook Templates

This resource will be updated to reflect amendments to the paid sick leave law that expand employer coverage to include employers with 25 or more employees in the state and that modify employee eligibility, covered family members, qualifying reasons for leave, leave accrual rate, and documentation, employer notice and recordkeeping requirements, effective January 1, 2025.

Handbook Templates

These resources will be updated to reflect that the sick leave law is amended to include paid prenatal leave, effective January 1, 2025.

Handbook Templates

This resource will be updated to reflect amendments to the paid sick leave law that expand qualifying reasons for leave and the definition of family member, effective January 1, 2025.

Temporary Caregiver Insurance and Leave Handbook Statement: Rhode Island (Update)

Handbook Templates

This resource will be updated to reflect amendments to the Rhode Island Temporary Disability Insurance Act that increase the number of weeks of paid temporary caregiver leave, effective January 1, 2025.

 

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