Connecticut
This policy template was reviewed with respect to the National Labor Relations Board’s Stericycle ruling and no updates were required.
Connecticut employers seeking to show their compliance with Connecticut's distracted driving law, to promote driving safety and to limit liability from accidents involving employees who are driving and/or using electronic devices for work-related purposes should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Connecticut employers seeking to educate employees about the availability of leave for volunteer emergency responders and to demonstrate compliance with Connecticut law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Connecticut employers with 25 or more employees must provide an unpaid leave to employees who are a candidate, member-elect, or member of the General Assembly and should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Connecticut employers with 26 or more employees are required to grant an unpaid personal leave of absence to employees who accept a full-time elective municipal or state office position and should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Connecticut employers seeking to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of leave for service as a juror and to show their compliance with Connecticut's jury duty leave law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Connecticut employers seeking to inform employees of the rules surrounding the review of employee personnel files should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Connecticut employers seeking to inform employees and their supervisors about legally required meal breaks and to demonstrate compliance with the law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Connecticut employers seeking to explain how the handbook and supplement should be read together and that neither the handbook nor the supplement alter an employee's at-will status should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.