Employee Handbooks

New and Updated

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  Handbook Templates

  Meal and Rest Breaks Handbook Statement: Colorado

  Updated statement to clarify requirements and more closely align language with that in COMPS Order #39.

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  Handbook Templates

  Paid Family Leave Handbook Statement: District of Columbia

  Updated statement to reflect an increase in the maximum weekly benefit amount and to clarify the interaction with other paid leave. 

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  Handbook Templates

  Kin Care Leave Handbook Statement: California

  California employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of kin care leave and to show their compliance with California's kin care law.

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  Handbook Templates

  Paid Family and Medical Leave Handbook Statement: Washington

  Updated guidance to reflect information from the state Employment Security Department clarifying waiting period exceptions. 

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  Handbook Templates

  Elected Official Leave Handbook Statement: Arkansas

  Arkansas employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of leave for employees elected to a public office in the state or appointed by the Governor to a board or commission in the state, and to show their compliance with the state's public official leave law.

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  Editor's Choice

  Coming Soon

  Updated to include information on the forthcoming Artificial Intelligence 2025: Survey Report.

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  Checklists

  Update Your Employee Handbook With January 1, 2025, Developments Checklist

  Updated to reflect amended rules regarding the paid family and medical leave law in Oregon.

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  Handbook Templates

  Paid Family and Medical Leave Handbook Statement: Oregon

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect amended rules that define pre-placement leave, effective January 1, 2025.

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  Handbook Templates

  Sexual and Other Unlawful Harassment Handbook Statement [15+ Employees]

  Updated statement to clarify language concerning harassing conduct that does not rise to the level of being unlawful.

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  Handbook Templates

  Paid Sick Leave Handbook Statement [11+ Employees; Lump Sum Method]: Michigan

  Updated title, threshold, statement and guidance to reflect amendments to the Earned Sick Time Act, effective February 21, 2025.