Texas employers seeking to prohibit weapons in the workplace, prevent workplace violence, provide notice that dangerous weapons will not be permitted in the workplace and show their compliance with the Texas law that allows employees to store lawfully possessed weapons in their locked vehicles on company property should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Updated statement and guidance to reflect prohibition on the use of an electronic smoking device and vapor product in places of employment, effective September 30, 2021.
Updated threshold, statement and guidance to reflect legalization of recreational marijuana and updates to the Clean Indoor Air Act, effective October 1, 2021.
Virginia employers seeking to show their compliance with Virginia's texting while driving law, to promote driving safety and to limit liability from accidents involving employees who are driving and using electronic devices for work-related purposes or driving a company-owned vehicle should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.