Employee Handbooks

New and Updated

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  Handbook Templates

  Schedules and Hours Handbook Statement: Berkeley, California

  Berkeley, California, employers with 10 or more employees in the City of Berkeley who are not subject to a collective bargaining agreement should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about special rights and protections available to employees under the Berkeley Fair Workweek Ordinance.

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  Handbook Templates

  Leave for Victims of Domestic, Sexual or Gender Violence or Any Other Crime of Violence Handbook Statement [15-49 Employees]: Illinois

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments that add qualifying reasons for leave related to bereavement activities and allow additional forms of employee certification, effective January 1, 2024.

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  Leave for Victims of Domestic, Sexual or Gender Violence or Any Other Crime of Violence Handbook Statement [50+ Employees]: Illinois

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments that add qualifying reasons for leave related to bereavement activities and allow additional forms of employee certification, effective January 1, 2024.

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  Sick and Safe Time Notice of Employee Rights Handbook Addendum: Minnesota

  Minnesota employers that provide an employee handbook are required by law to include in the handbook a notice of employee rights and remedies under the Minnesota Earned Sick and Safe Time Law. Employers can fulfill this legal requirement by including the state's Earned Sick and Safe Time Employee Notice as an addendum to their handbook.

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  Civil Air Patrol Leave Handbook Statement: North Carolina

  North Carolina employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of leave for employees to perform their official duties as members of the North Carolina Wing of the Civil Air Patrol and to demonstrate compliance with North Carolina's Civil Air Patrol leave law.

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  Handbook Templates

  Anti-Bullying Handbook Statement

  Updated title (formerly Workplace Bullying Handbook Statement); and updated statement and guidance to account for remote work environments and to reflect the National Labor Relations Board's Stericycle ruling.

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  Handbook Templates

  Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Victim Leave and Accommodations Handbook Statement: Nevada

  Updated title, threshold, statement and guidance to reflect amendments extending protections under the law to victims of sexual assault, effective January 1, 2024.

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  Domestic Violence, Harassment, Sexual Assault, Bias or Stalking Victim Leave and Accommodation Handbook Statement: Oregon

  Updated title, threshold, statement and guidance to reflect amendments requiring leave for victims of a bias crime and adding another form of acceptable employee certification of the need for leave, effective January 1, 2024.

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  Handbook Templates

  Family Bereavement Leave Handbook Statement: Illinois

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments to the Family Bereavement Leave Act, effective January 1, 2024.

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  Handbook Templates

  Child Extended Bereavement Leave Handbook Statement: Illinois [250+ Employees]

  Illinois employers with 250 or more full-time employees in Illinois should consider including this policy in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of child extended bereavement leave and to show their compliance with the Illinois Child Extended Bereavement Leave Act.