Employee Management - HR Policies Guidance

New and Updated

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  Paid Sick and Safe Leave and Public Health Emergency Leave [Accrual Method] Handbook Statement: Colorado

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect amended rules regarding pay rate calculations under the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, effective January 1, 2023; and updated guidance concerning illness covered under the public health emergency.

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  EEO Handbook Statement: Rhode Island

  Updated guidance to include information on Rhode Island's pay equity law, effective January 1, 2023.

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  Military Leave Handbook Statement: Federal

  Updated statement to reflect extension of USERRA protections to FEMA reservists and to include additional information on notice of leave, reinstatement and employees with disabilities; and updated statement and guidance to include information on differential compensation.

• Date:

  March 22, 2023

  Type:

  News

  Michigan Expands LGBTQ+ RIghts

  Michigan employers may not discriminate based on sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression under a new law signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Paid Sick Leave: New Jersey

  Updated to reflect the forthcoming Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: New Jersey

  Updated to reflect retaliation provisions in the forthcoming Temporary Workers' Bill of Rights.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Other Leaves: Ohio

  Updated to reflect forthcoming development regarding crime victim leave, effective April 6, 2023.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  FMLA: Federal

  Updated to reflect Department of Labor Opinion Letter FMLA 2023-1-A regarding intermittent and reduced schedule leave.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Ohio Amends Crime Victim Leave Requirements

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  Paid Sick and Safe Time Handbook Statement [Accrual Method]: St. Paul, Minnesota

  Updated threshold, statement and guidance to reflect amendments to the Earned Sick and Safe Time ordinance regarding employer coverage, the definition of a year, expanded anti-retaliation protections and statute of limitations, and employer notification requirements concerning investigations, effective February 24, 2023.