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Policies and Procedures

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    Handbook Templates

    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

    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.

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    Handbook Templates

    Anti-Bullying Handbook Statement

    Updated title (formerly Workplace Bullying Handbook Statement); and updated statement and guidance to account for remote work environments and to reflect the National Labor Relations Board's Stericycle ruling.

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    Policies and Procedures

    Employee Dating and Personal Relationships Policy

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

About This Topic

Guidance on creating and implementing HR policies that provide employees and supervisors standards and procedures with which they should comply.