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    Handbook Templates

    Access to Personnel Files Handbook Statement: Rhode Island

    Rhode Island employers seeking to inform employees about the conditions under which they are entitled to access their personnel files and to demonstrate compliance with Rhode Island law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

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    Lactation Accommodation Handbook Statement: Rhode Island

    Rhode Island employers seeking to show their compliance with the Rhode Island law requiring that employers provide unpaid break time and reasonable locations for employees to express breast milk should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

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    Parental and Family Medical Leave Handbook Statement: Rhode Island

    Rhode Island employers with 50 or more employees seeking to inform employees about their rights and obligations under the Rhode Island Parental and Family Medical Leave Act (RIPFMLA) and to demonstrate compliance with the law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

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    About This State Supplement Handbook Statement: Rhode Island

    Rhode Island 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.

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    Sexual and Other Unlawful Harassment Handbook Statement: Rhode Island

    Rhode Island employers with 50 or more employees should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook to demonstrate their commitment to a workplace free of sexual and other unlawful harassment and to show their compliance with the State Fair Employment Practices Act (SFEPA).

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    Electronic Monitoring Handbook Statement: Connecticut

    This policy template was reviewed with respect to the National Labor Relations Board’s Stericycle ruling and no updates were required.

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    Cell Phone Use/Texting While Driving Handbook Statement: Connecticut

    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.

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    Emergency Responder Leave Handbook Statement: Connecticut

    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.

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    Municipal or State Office Leave Handbook Statement: Connecticut

    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.

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    Jury Duty Leave Handbook Statement: Connecticut

    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.

About This Topic

HR guidance on implementing work rules that effectively address employer objectives and provide employees and supervisors with guidance as to acceptable and unacceptable workplace conduct.