Employee Handbooks

All Items: Safety and Security

  • Cell Phone Use/Texting While Driving Handbook Statement: New Hampshire

    New Hampshire employers seeking to show their compliance with New Hampshire's law regarding using handheld mobile electronic devices while driving, to promote driving safety and to limit liability from accidents involving employees who are driving and using electronic devices for work-related purposes or while driving a company-owned vehicle should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Weapons in the Workplace Handbook Statement: Mississippi

    Mississippi employers seeking to prevent workplace violence, provide notice that weapons will not be permitted inside the workplace and show their compliance with the Mississippi law that gives employees the right to maintain a lawfully possessed firearm inside a locked, personal vehicle should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Dual-Use Device Users Handbook Statement

    This policy template was reviewed with respect to the National Labor Relations Board’s Stericycle ruling and no updates were required.

  • Smoke-Free Workplace Handbook Statement: Hawaii

    Updated policy and guidance to reflect the prohibition of electronic smoking devices in the workplace, effective January 1, 2016.

  • Cell Phone Use/Texting While Driving Handbook Statement: Oklahoma

    Oklahoma employers that seek to show their compliance with Oklahoma's law prohibiting drivers from texting while driving, to promote driving safety and to limit liability from accidents involving employees who are driving and using electronic devices for business-related purposes or in a company-owned vehicle should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Smoke-Free Workplace Handbook Statement: Oregon

    Oregon employers with enclosed workplace areas seeking to inform employees that smoking is prohibited in the workplace and to demonstrate compliance with Oregon law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Cell Phone Use/Texting While Driving Handbook Statement: Mississippi

    Mississippi employers seeking to show their compliance with Mississippi's prohibition against texting and social networking while driving, to promote driving safety and to limit liability from accidents involving employees who are driving and using electronic devices for work-related purposes or while driving a company-owned vehicle should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Inclement Weather/Office Closing Handbook Statement: California

    California employers seeking to advise employees on how to proceed in case of bad weather should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Use of Company Equipment and Resources Handbook Statement: California

    California employers seeking to set expectations for employee use of company equipment and resources should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

  • Driving for Company Business Handbook Statement: California

    California employers that provide employees with a vehicle or require employees to drive for business 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 safety and security.