Employee Handbooks

New and Updated

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  Handbook Templates

  Paid Sick and Safe Leave and Public Health Emergency Leave [Accrual Method] Handbook Statement: Colorado

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect amended rules regarding the pay rate for sick and safe leave, effective April 1, 2024.

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  Handbook Templates

  Whistleblower Protections Handbook Statement: New York

  New York employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to inform employees, including supervisors, about protections from retaliation provided by New York's Labor Law and to help ensure that employees who engage in activity protected under that law are not subject to retaliation.

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  Handbook Templates

  EEO Handbook Statement [15+ Employees]

  Updated title (formerly EEO Handbook Statement [20+ Employees]), threshold, statement and guidance to include coverage for employers with 15 or more employees in order to consolidate handbook statements.

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  Policies and Procedures

  Document Retention Policy

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

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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

  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

  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

  Employee Conduct and Discipline Policy

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

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  Handbook Templates

  EEO Handbook Statement: Michigan

  Updated statement to reflect law prohibiting discrimination based on pregnancy termination, effective March 28, 2024.

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  Policies and Procedures

  Off-Duty Conduct Policy

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