Employee Leave Management

New and Updated

• Date:

  March 16, 2026

  Type:

  News

  Lots of New Employment Laws Coming to Washington

  Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed new laws involving employee microchips, domestic workers, wage-theft penalties and more.

• Type:

  Policies and Procedures

  Community Service and Volunteer Leave Policy

  An employer that provides time off from work for employees to participate in volunteer or community service activities may use this policy to define eligible employees, organizations and types of activities, and to establish leave request and approval requirements.

• Type:

  Posters and Notices

  Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave Job Protection Rights Notice

  As mandated by the Washington State Employment Security Department, covered employers must provide the Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave Job Protection Rights Notice to eligible employees who take more than two weeks of continuous paid family and medical leave (or 14 days of intermittent leave).

• Type:

  Posters and Notices

  Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave FMLA Job Protection Impact Notice

  As mandated by the Washington State Employment Security Department, covered employers must provide the Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave FMLA Job Protection Impact Notice in order to retain the right to count unpaid federal FMLA leave against Washington paid family and medical leave.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Adoption Leave Handbook Statement: Arkansas

  Arkansas employers that have parental leave policies are required to extend the same leave, under the same terms, to adoptive parents as to biological parents. Employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of leave for adoptive parents and to show their compliance with Arkansas law.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Crime Victim Leave Handbook Statement: Delaware

  Updated statement and guidance to better align language with the law. 

• Type:

  Posters and Notices

  New York City Protected Time Off Notice of Employee Rights

  Updated to reflect the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act notice title change, effective February 22, 2026.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Delaware Amends Crime Victim and Domestic Violence Victim Protections

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Family and Medical Leave Handbook Statement

  Updated statement and guidance to clarify the interaction of paid time off benefits and unpaid FMLA leave. 

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  New York Paid Family Leave Benefits Extend to Construction Workers

  Updated to reflect additional forthcoming amendments regarding eligibility requirements and health benefits.