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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:

September 2024

Child Labor Employment Certificate and Age-Certificate Requirements by State (New)

50-State Charts

This resource will help employers determine state requirements around child labor employment certificates (also known as work permits) and certificates of age.

EEO Handbook Statement: Maryland (Update)

Handbook Templates

This resource will be updated to reflect an amendment to the Maryland Fair Employment Practices Act that prohibits discrimination based on miliary status, effective October 1, 2024.

Employee Handbooks 2024: Survey Report (New)

Benchmarking and Surveys

This report will present data on the content of employee handbooks and the practices companies use to create and maintain them.

Fair Pay (Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri) (New)

Employment Law Guide

These resources will assist employers in understanding and complying with federal and state laws regarding pay discrimination and pay transparency and implementing practices to advance pay equity. Additional state sections will be added to this page as they are scheduled for release.

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

Letters and Forms

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

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

Letters and Forms

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

Family Violence Victim Leave Handbook Statement: Connecticut and Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Handbook Statement: Connecticut (Update)

Handbook Templates

These resources will be updated to reflect amendments to the family violence victim leave law that require leave for reasons related to sexual assault and therefore expand qualifying reasons for paid family and medical leave benefits to include reasons related to sexual assault, effective October 1, 2024.

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.

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

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.

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

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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