Workplace Rules

New and Updated

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  Employment Law Guide

  Other Leaves: Oregon

  Updated to reflect amendments to the Oregon Family Leave Act and the paid family and medical leave law, effective July 1, 2024.

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  Policies and Procedures

  Document Retention Policy

  Enhanced to improve the comprehensiveness, organization and scope of coverage.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Privacy: Washington

  Updated to reflect the Washington My Health My Data Act, effective March 31, 2024.

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  Handbook Templates

  Requests for Schedule Changes Handbook Statement: New York City, New York

  Updated guidance to reflect requirement that employers distribute information about the temporary schedule changes law to employees, effective March 4, 2024.

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  Handbook Templates

  Paid Sick Leave Handbook Statement [Accrual Method]: Los Angeles, California

  Updated title (formerly Paid Sick and Safe Time Handbook Statement [Accrual Method]: Los Angeles, California) for style; and updated threshold, statement and guidance to address compliance with state sick leave law. 

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  Handbook Templates

  Scheduling for Part-Time Employees Handbook Statement: Tukwila, Washington

  Tukwila employers that are covered by the city's Ordinance Concerning Labor Standards for Certain Employees should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about additional hours of work that may be available to part-time employees and to show their compliance with the law.

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  Handbook Templates

  Paid Sick and Safe Leave Handbook Statement [Accrual Method]: Washington

  Under review in relation to amendments to the paid sick leave law, effective January 1, 2025.

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  Handbook Templates

  Sick and Safe Time Notice of Employee Rights Handbook Addendum: St. Paul, Minnesota

  St. Paul employers that provide an employee handbook are required by law to include in the handbook a notice of employee rights and remedies under the Earned Sick and Safe Time Ordinance. Employers are not required to use the sample notice provided by the city but can fulfill this legal requirement by including the city's Earned Sick and Safe Time Employee Notice as an addendum to their handbook.

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  Policies and Procedures

  Whistleblower Policy

  Enhanced to improve the comprehensiveness, organization and scope of coverage.

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  Policies and Procedures

  Employee Conduct and Discipline Policy

  Enhanced to improve the comprehensiveness, organization and scope of coverage.