Civic Duty

New and Updated

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  Time Off to Vote Handbook Statement: Connecticut

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect an amendment to voting leave law regarding special elections, effective July 1, 2022.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Connecticut Amends Voting Leave Law for Special Elections

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  Jury and Witness Duty Leave Handbook Statement: Florida

  Updated title, threshold, statement and guidance to include leave to appear as a witness.

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  Time Off to Obtain a Restraining Order Handbook Statement: Minnesota

  Minnesota employers should consider including this model policy in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of leave for victims of harassment or assault to obtain a restraining order.

• Date:

  November 19, 2020

  Type:

  Podcasts and Webinars

  Webinar: COVID-19, Civil Unrest, Paid Sick Leave, and Your 2021 Employee Handbook

  Littler Mendelson's Meredith Shoop covers the foundations of what you need to know as your organization prepares its 2021 employee handbook. Shoop details the unprecedented handbook changes that this unprecedented year has created.

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  Time Off to Vote Handbook Statement: District of Columbia

  District of Columbia employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees about the availability of paid time off to vote and to show their compliance with the District's voting leave law.

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  Time Off to Vote Handbook Statement: Utah

  Updated guidance to reflect voter protection amendments, effective May 12, 2020.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Virginia Amends Election Officer Leave Law

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  Time Off to Vote Handbook Statement: New York

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect voting leave law amendments, effective April 3, 2020.

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  Time Off to Vote Handbook Statement: Minnesota

  Updated statement and guidance to address the use of personal leave and vacation time.