Policies and Procedures

New and Updated

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Pregnancy Accommodation Handbook Statement: Tennessee

  Tennessee employers with 15 or more employees should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees about the availability of reasonable accommodations for medical needs arising from pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and to demonstrate compliance with Tennessee law.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Lactation Accommodation Handbook Statement: Georgia

  Revised to replace the existing voluntary statement with a statement addressing expansion of lactation/breastfeeding breaks and accommodations protections, effective August 5, 2020.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Access to Personnel Files Handbook Statement: Wisconsin

  Wisconsin employers seeking to inform employees, including supervisors, about their rights with regard to reviewing and contesting information contained in their personnel files and to demonstrate compliance with the Wisconsin law regarding access to personnel files should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

• Date:

  August 20, 2020

  Type:

  Benchmarking and Surveys

  Employee Handbooks 2020: HR & Compliance Center Survey Report

  In this survey report, XpertHR explores the critical field of employee handbooks, including handbook creation and revision, distribution, approaches to multi-jurisdictional compliance, challenges, and resources.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Time Off to Vote Handbook Statement: Utah

  Updated guidance to reflect voter protection amendments, effective May 12, 2020.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Lactation Accommodation Handbook Statement: South Carolina

  South Carolina employers seeking to show their compliance with South Carolina's law regarding lactation accommodation should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Pregnancy Accommodation Handbook Statement: South Carolina

  South Carolina employers with 15 or more employees that seek to educate employees about the availability of reasonable accommodations for medical needs arising from pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (including, but not limited to, lactation) and to demonstrate compliance with South Carolina law should consider including this model policy in their handbook.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  School Visitation Leave Handbook Statement: Illinois

  Updated threshold, statement and guidance to reflect amendments to School Visitation Rights Act, effective August 1, 2020.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  EEO Handbook Statement: Arizona

  Arizona employers should consider including this statement in their handbook. Arizona has a number of laws addressing discrimination and/or harassment, which differ in terms of what characteristics they protect and what employers are covered.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Paid Sick and Safe Leave Handbook Statement [Accrual Method]: New Jersey

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments regarding a state of emergency, effective March 25, 2020.