How To Update Your Employee Handbook With 2019 Developments

Author: XpertHR Editorial Team

As legal developments affecting the workplace take effect, employers should ensure that their employee handbooks and workplace policies are compliant and current. Whether on the state or local level or related to leaves of absences or e-cigarette use, there continues to be a rise of legislation that touches upon employee rights and employer obligations in the workplace.

This How To summarizes federal, state and local trends and legal developments that affect employee-facing policies that become effective in 2019. This How To should be used in conjunction with the Update Your Employee Handbook With 2019 Developments Checklist.

To update an employee handbook, an employer should take the following steps.