Employers seeking to establish expectations for meal and rest breaks and demonstrate compliance with applicable federal and/or state law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) seeking to establish terms and procedures for on-call time should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Employers seeking to provide an overview of the paid and unpaid time off available to employees should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Maryland employers that maintain a retail establishment in Maryland with at least 50 or more retail employees or who own one or more retail establishments with franchises working with the same trade name and have at least 50 or more retail employees in Maryland for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar in the current or preceding year should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
West Virginia employers seeking to educate employees about meal break requirements and inform supervisors about the need to provide meal breaks or opportunities to eat a meal while working should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
West Virginia employers that employ minor employees under age 16 and seek to inform the minor employees and their supervisors about legally required meal breaks and to demonstrate compliance with West Virginia law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Arkansas employers seeking to show their compliance with Arkansas' law requiring employers to provide unpaid break time and reasonable locations for employees to express breast milk should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
As mandated by the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights, all District of Columbia employers must post the District of Columbia Breastfeeding in the Workplace Poster.