District of Columbia
District of Columbia employers who want to emphasize compliance with and educate their workforces about the Wage Transparency Act should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
All District of Columbia employers are required to give the Notice of Hire to employees upon hire.
As recommended by the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights, District of Columbia government employers are required to post the District of Columbia Language Access Interpretation Poster.
District of Columbia employers seeking to educate employees about the availability of leave under the District of Columbia Parental Leave Act (DCPLA) and to demonstrate their compliance with the law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
District of Columbia employers with 11 or more employees that seek to educate employees about the availability of jury duty leave, which must be paid for certain full-time employees, and to demonstrate compliance with the District of Columbia's jury duty leave law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
District of Columbia employers with fewer than 11 employees that seek to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of unpaid jury duty leave and to demonstrate their compliance with the District of Columbia's jury duty leave law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
District of Columbia employers seeking to demonstrate their compliance with the District of Columbia's Emancipation Day leave law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
District of Columbia employers seeking to explain how the handbook and supplement should be read together and that neither the handbook nor the supplement alter an employee's at-will status should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
District of Columbia employers seeking to encourage and demonstrate compliance with the District of Columbia 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 a District of Columbia supplement.