Employee Handbooks

New and Updated

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Paid Sick Leave Handbook Statement [Accrual Method]: Chicago, Illinois

  Updated statement to clarify employee eligibility. 

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Paid Leave Handbook Statement [Accrual Method]: Chicago, Illinois

  Updated statement to clarify employee eligibility and notice requirements.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Paid Leave Handbook Statement [Lump Sum Method]: Chicago, Illinois

  Updated statement to clarify employee eligibility and notice requirements. 

• Date:

  October 31, 2024

  Type:

  Podcasts and Webinars

  Webinar: Mastering the Essentials of Employee Handbooks

  In this 60-minute webinar, attorney Kate Bischoff, founder of k8bisch, a law and HR consulting firm in Minneapolis, shares strategies for building and maintaining handbooks that safeguard organizations and adhere to compliance requirements.

• Type:

  Editor's Choice

  Coming Soon

  Updated to include information on forthcoming Handbook Template updates in the California supplement.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Paid Sick Leave Handbook Statement [1-9 Employees; Lump Sum Method]: Oakland, California

  Oakland employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of sick leave using the lump sum method and to show their compliance with the Oakland Minimum Wage Law. This policy also covers the California Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act. It is intended to address compliance with both state and local law.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Paid Sick Leave Handbook Statement [10+ Employees; Lump Sum Method]: Oakland, California

  Oakland employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of sick leave using the lump sum method and to show their compliance with the Oakland Minimum Wage Law. This policy also covers the California Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act. It is intended to address compliance with both state and local law.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

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

  Updated title, threshold, statement and guidance to address compliance with state sick leave law.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  EEO Handbook Statement: South Dakota

  Updated guidance to reflect amendments to state medical cannabis law that strengthen protections for employers, effective July 1, 2024.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Time Off to Vote Handbook Statement: District of Columbia

  Updated guidance to reflect final rules clarifying requirements regarding employee requests for leave and employer notice, effective May 10, 2024.