Employee Handbooks

New and Updated

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  Handbook Templates

  Sexual and Other Unlawful Harassment Handbook Statement: Massachusetts

  Updated statement to include contact information for the Worcester Office of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.

• Date:

  December 6, 2024

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  Podcasts and Webinars

  Webinar: Employee Handbook Maintenance

  Discussion with Brightmine customer, Michelle D'Alessandro, a Human Resources Manager from Allan Industries, explaining why she specifically sought out support from Brightmine Automated Handbook Management and how this has transformed her employee handbook process.

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  Handbook Templates

  Access to Personnel Files Handbook Statement: Illinois

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments to the Personnel Record Review Act, effective January 1, 2025.

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  Handbook Templates

  Cell Phone Use/Texting While Driving Handbook Statement: Colorado

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments regarding permissible uses of mobile electronic devices while driving, effective January 1, 2025.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  About This State Supplement Handbook Statement: Maryland

  Updated guidance to include information on Maryland’s heat illness prevention standard, effective September 30, 2024. 

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  Policies and Procedures

  Communication and Information Systems Policy

  Enhanced to address the use of artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, including generative AI tools, in the workplace.

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  Handbook Templates

  Military Leave Handbook Statement: New York

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect an amendment that expands protections to activated national guard members, effective September 27, 2024.

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  Handbook Templates

  Temporary Disability Insurance Program and Leave Handbook Statement: Rhode Island

  Rhode Island employers with one or more employees should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of temporary disability insurance and to demonstrate compliance with Rhode Island's Temporary Disability Insurance Act.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Temporary Disability Insurance Program Handbook Statement: Hawaii

  Hawaii employers with one or more employees should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of temporary disability insurance and to demonstrate compliance with Hawaii's Temporary Disability Insurance law.

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  Handbook Templates

  Paid Sick Leave Handbook Statement [11+ Employees; Accrual Method]: Massachusetts

  Updated title (formerly Paid Sick Time Handbook Statement [11+ Employees]: Massachusetts) and statement for style; and updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments that expand qualifying reasons for leave to include reproductive loss events, effective November 21, 2024.