Employee Handbooks

All Items: Pay Practices

  • Payment of Wages Handbook Statement: California

    California employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act and California Labor Code and Wage Orders should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Work Schedules Handbook Statement: California

    California employers seeking to provide an overview of their typical hours of operation, outline expectations regarding when employees report to work and establish employer discretion to modify the work schedule as needed to meet operational demands should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Meal And Rest Breaks Handbook Statement: Washington

    Washington employers seeking to encourage and demonstrate compliance with the state's meal and rest break requirements should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Lactation Accommodation Handbook Statement: Maine

    Maine employers should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, on the availability of unpaid break time and private locations for employees to express breast milk and to demonstrate their compliance with Maine's lactation accommodation law.

  • Lactation Accommodation Handbook Statement: Hawaii

    Hawaii employers seeking to encourage and demonstrate compliance with Hawaii law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Meal Breaks for Minors 14 and 15 Years Old Handbook Statement: Hawaii

    Hawaii employers that employ minor employees who are 14 or 15 years of age should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Meal and Rest Breaks Handbook Statement: Minnesota

    Minnesota employers seeking to encourage and demonstrate compliance with the state's meal and rest break requirements should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Lactation Accommodation Handbook Statement: Rhode Island

    Rhode Island employers seeking to show their compliance with the Rhode Island law requiring that employers provide unpaid break time and reasonable locations for employees to express breast milk should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Meal Breaks Handbook Statement: Rhode Island

    Employers with five or more employees that do business within Rhode Island should consider including this statement in their handbook to promote and demonstrate compliance with Rhode Island's meal breaks law.

  • Meal Breaks Handbook Statement: Connecticut

    Connecticut employers seeking to inform employees and their supervisors about legally required meal breaks and to demonstrate compliance with the law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

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National and state employee handbook articles with guidance and policy statements for employers relating to pay practices.