Policies and Procedures

New and Updated

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  Handbook Templates

  Lactation Accommodation Handbook Statement: Minnesota

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments to the state's lactation accommodation law, effective July 1, 2023.

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  Handbook Templates

  Pregnancy and Lactation Accommodation Notice 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 state's pregnancy and lactation accommodation law. Employers can fulfill this legal requirement by adding the Minnesota pregnancy and lactation accommodation notice as an addendum to their handbook.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Handbooks - Work Rules - Employee Conduct: Federal

  Updated with respect to The National Labor Relations Board's August 2023 Stericycle ruling, which adopted a new legal standard for evaluating the validity of workplace rules under the National Labor Relations Act.

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  Handbook Templates

  Sick and Safe Leave Notice of Employee Rights Handbook Addendum: Bloomington, Minnesota

  Bloomington employers that provide an employee handbook are required by law to include in the handbook a notice of employee rights and remedies under the Bloomington Earned Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance. Employers should fulfill this legal requirement by including the city's Sick and Safe Leave Notice of Employee Rights as an addendum to their handbook.

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  Handbook Templates

  EEO Handbook Statement: Texas

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect law prohibiting hairstyle discrimination, effective September 1, 2023.

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  Handbook Templates

  Meal and Rest Periods Handbook Statement: California

  Updated guidance to include information on regulations allowing for certain waivers and exceptions to meal period rules.

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  Handbook Templates

  Genetic Testing and Preventive Cancer Screening Leave Handbook Statement: Louisiana

  Louisiana covered employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of genetic testing and preventive cancer screening leave and to show their compliance with Louisiana law.

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  Handbook Templates

  Cell Phone Use/Texting While Driving Handbook Statement: Alabama

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect the state's expanded distracted driving law, effective June 14, 2023.

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  Checklists

  Prepare for AI in the Workplace Checklist

  This checklist may be used to help an organization prepare for the introduction of new artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the workplace.

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  Handbook Templates

  EEO Handbook Statement: Arkansas

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect law prohibiting hairstyle discrimination, effective July 31, 2023.