Employee Handbooks

New and Updated

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  EEO Handbook Statement: Washington

  Updated guidance to reflect an amendment to Washington’s equal pay law that prohibits pay discrimination based on membership in any protected class, effective July 1, 2025.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Discussion of Wages Handbook Statement: Washington

  Updated guidance to reflect an amendment to Washington’s equal pay law that prohibits pay and opportunity discrimination based on membership in any protected class, effective July 1, 2025.

• Date:

  June 23, 2025

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  Podcasts and Webinars

  Webinar: Compliant Employment Policies and Handbooks - Adapting in Times of Change

  In this 60-minute webinar, attorney Kate Bischoff, founder of k8bisch LLC, a law and HR consulting firm in Minneapolis, examines ways to handle policy development in the current evolving environment.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  EEO Handbook Statement: Nebraska

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendment prohibiting discrimination based on military or veteran status, effective June 4, 2025.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Scheduling for Part-Time Employees Handbook Statement: Everett, Washington

  Everett employers that are covered under the city's minimum wage ordinance should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees about additional hours of work that may be available to part-time employees and to show their compliance with the Everett ordinance addressing Fair Labor Standards, effective July 1, 2025.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  School Conference Leave Handbook Statement: Indiana

  Indiana employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees about the availability of leave to attend a school attendance conference or case conference committee meeting and to show their compliance with Indiana's school conference leave law, effective July 1, 2025.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  EEO Handbook Statement: Minnesota

  Updated guidance to reflect amendments to state medical cannabis laws, effective May 24, 2025.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  EEO Handbook Statement: Iowa

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendment removing gender identity as a protected characteristic under state law, effective July 1, 2025.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Cell Phone Use/Texting While Driving Handbook Statement: Iowa

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendment prohibiting drivers from using an electronic device for any reason, effective July 1, 2025.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Sexual and Other Unlawful Harassment Handbook Statement: District of Columbia

  Updated statement to reflect amendment defining sexual harassment to include conduct based on gender, effective March 21, 2025.