Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments to Ohio law regarding the use of electronic wireless communications devices while driving, effective April 3, 2023.
Updated title for style (formerly Health and Safety); updated threshold to remove references to federal law; and updated statement for style and clarity.
Florida employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to show their compliance with Florida's Ban on 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 while driving a company-owned vehicle.
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.