Handbook Templates

All Items: Time Off and Leaves of Absence

  • Election Officials Leave Handbook Statement: Wisconsin

    Wisconsin employers seeking to educate employees about the availability of leave time for an election official and to show their compliance with Wisconsin law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Jury and Witness Duty Leave Handbook Statement: Wisconsin

    Wisconsin employers seeking to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of leave for service as a juror or as a witness in certain judicial proceedings and to show their compliance with Wisconsin's jury and witness duty leave laws should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Emergency Responder Leave Handbook Statement: Massachusetts

    Massachusetts employers seeking to educate employees about the availability of leave for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians and to demonstrate compliance with Massachusetts's emergency responder leave law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Small Necessities Leave Handbook Statement: Massachusetts

    Massachusetts employers with 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in the current or preceding calendar year that seek to educate employees about the availability of small necessities leave and to demonstrate their compliance with the Massachusetts Small Necessities Leave Act should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Abuse Victim Leave Handbook Statement: Massachusetts

    Massachusetts employers with 50 or more employees in Massachusetts seeking to educate employees about the availability of leave for victims of certain kinds of abuse and to demonstrate their compliance with Massachusetts law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Crime Witness Leave Handbook Statement: Massachusetts

    Massachusetts employers seeking to educate employees about the availability of time off to serve as a witness in a criminal proceeding and to demonstrate compliance with Massachusetts's crime victim leave law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Jury Duty Leave Handbook Statement: Massachusetts

    Massachusetts employers seeking to educate employees about the availability of jury duty leave and to demonstrate compliance with Massachusetts's jury duty leave law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Time Off to Vote Handbook Statement: Massachusetts

    Massachusetts employers in the manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile industries seeking to educate employees about the availability of time off to vote and to show their compliance with Massachusetts's voting leave law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Military Leave Handbook Statement: Massachusetts

    Massachusetts employers seeking to educate employees about the rights and obligations of military leave and to demonstrate compliance with Massachusetts's military leave law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Vacation Handbook Statement: Massachusetts

    Massachusetts employers that provide paid vacation and seek to indicate that Massachusetts employees will receive pay for accrued but unused vacation upon termination of employment should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

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National and state employee handbook articles with guidance and policy statements for employers relating to time off and leaves of absence.