Policies and Procedures

New and Updated

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  Paid Leave Notice Handbook Addendum: Cook County, Illinois

  Cook County, Illinois, employers that provide an employee handbook are required by law to include in the handbook a notice, provided by the county, of employee rights and remedies under the Cook County Paid Leave Ordinance. Employers should fulfill this legal requirement by including the county's Paid Leave Notice as an addendum to their handbook.

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  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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  Handbook Templates

  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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  Policies and Procedures

  Employee Smoking Policy

  Enhanced to improve the comprehensiveness, organization and scope of coverage. 

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  Policies and Procedures

  Weapons in the Workplace Policy

  Enhanced to improve the comprehensiveness, organization and scope of coverage. 

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  Policies and Procedures

  Access to Employer Premises Policy

  Enhanced to improve the comprehensiveness, organization and scope of coverage.

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  Policies and Procedures

  Bomb Threat Policy

  Enhanced to improve the comprehensiveness, organization and scope of coverage.

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  Handbook Templates

  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.