Employee Handbooks

New and Updated

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  Handbook Templates

  EEO Handbook Statement: Massachusetts

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect law prohibiting hairstyle discrimination, effective October 24, 2022.

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  Handbook Templates

  Meal Breaks for Minors Handbook Statement: New Jersey

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments to meal break requirements, effective July 5, 2022.

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  Crime Victim Leave Handbook Statement: Vermont

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect amended protections for crime victims, effective May 24, 2022.

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  Handbook Templates

  Weapons in the Workplace Handbook Statement: Georgia

  Updated threshold, statement and guidance to reflect amendments relating to employee firearm rights, effective April 12, 2022.

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  Paid Leave and Unpaid Sick Leave Handbook Statement [Accrual Method]: West Hollywood, California

  West Hollywood employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of paid and unpaid sick leave, paid vacation leave and paid personal necessity leave and to show their compliance with the West Hollywood Minimum Wage Ordinance (MWO).

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  Emergency Responder Leave Handbook Statement: Kentucky

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments to the emergency responder leave law, effective July 14, 2022.

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  Schedules and Hours Handbook Statement: Chicago, Illinois

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect changes to the income threshold for covered employees and the minimum advance notice of work schedules, effective July 1, 2022.

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  Handbook Templates

  Accommodation for Victims of Domestic, Sexual or Gender Violence or Any Other Crime of Violence Handbook Statement: Illinois

  Updated guidance to reflect amendment regarding military proceedings, effective May 19, 2022.

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  Handbook Templates

  EEO Handbook Statement: Mississippi

  Mississippi employers should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

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  Adoption Leave Handbook Statement: Alabama

  Alabama employers seeking to educate employees about the availability of leave to care for an adopted child and to demonstrate compliance with Alabama's Adoption Promotion Act should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.