Employee Handbooks

New and Updated

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  Handbook Templates

  Smoke-Free Workplace Handbook Statement: Washington

  Washington employers with enclosed workplace areas seeking to inform employees that smoking is prohibited in the workplace and to demonstrate compliance with Washington law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

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  Handbook Templates

  Jury Duty Leave Handbook Statement: Washington

  Washington employers seeking to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of jury duty leave and to demonstrate their compliance with Washington's jury duty leave law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

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  Family Military Leave Handbook Statement: Washington

  Washington employers seeking to educate employees about the availability of family military leave and its eligibility requirements and to demonstrate compliance with Washington's military family leave law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

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  Handbook Templates

  Military Leave Handbook Statement: Washington

  Washington employers seeking to educate employees about the availability of leave for military duty and to demonstrate compliance with Washington's military leave law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook .

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  Meal And Rest Breaks Handbook Statement: Washington

  Washington employers seeking to encourage and demonstrate compliance with the state's meal and rest break requirements should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

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  Handbook Templates

  Civil Air Patrol Leave Handbook Statement: Washington

  Washington employers with 20 or more full-time equivalent employees in the previous year seeking to educate employees about the availability of leave for Civil Air Patrol service and to demonstrate their compliance with Washington law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

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  About This State Supplement Handbook Statement: Washington

  Washington employers seeking to explain how the handbook and supplement should be read together and that neither the handbook nor the supplement alter an employee's at-will status should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

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  Access to Personnel Files Handbook Statement: Washington

  Under review in relation to amendments to the state personnel file law, effective July 27, 2025. 

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  Whistleblower Protections Handbook Statement: Maine

  Maine employers with one or more employees should consider including this statement in their handbook to inform employees about protections provided by the Maine Whistleblowers' Protection Act.

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  Handbook Templates

  Lactation Accommodation Handbook Statement: Maine

  Maine employers should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, on the availability of unpaid break time and private locations for employees to express breast milk and to demonstrate their compliance with Maine's lactation accommodation law.