Employee Handbooks

New and Updated

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  Employee Handbooks

  Cell Phone Use/Texting While Driving Handbook Statement: Missouri

  Missouri employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to show their compliance with Missouri's Siddens Bening Hands Free Law, to promote driving safety, and to limit liability from accidents involving employees who are driving and using electronic devices for work-related purposes or in a company-owned vehicle.

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  How To

  How to Monitor Employee Telephone Use

  Updated with respect to the National Labor Relations Board’s August 2023 Stericycle ruling, which adopted a new legal standard for evaluating the validity of workplace rules under the National Labor Relations Act.

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  September 21, 2023

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  Commentary and Insights

  Q&A: How Employers Can Navigate the NLRB's Stericycle Decision

  On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its decision in Stericycle Inc., marking a dramatic shift in the legal landscape for employers. In this article, employment law attorney David Phippen answers questions on what Stericycle Inc. means for employers and practical steps they can take under the new standard.

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  How To

  How to Amend an Employee Handbook

  Updated with respect to the National Labor Relations Board’s August 2023 Stericycle ruling, which adopted a new legal standard for evaluating the validity of workplace rules under the National Labor Relations Act.

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  Letters and Forms

  Employee Handbook Acknowledgement and Consent Form

  Updated with respect to the National Labor Relations Board’s August 2023 Stericycle ruling, which adopted a new legal standard for evaluating the validity of workplace rules under the National Labor Relations Act.

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  Letters and Forms

  Disclaimer Form

  Updated with respect to the National Labor Relations Board’s August 2023 Stericycle ruling, which adopted a new legal standard for evaluating the validity of workplace rules under the National Labor Relations Act.

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  Employee Handbooks

  Standards of Conduct Handbook Statement

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect the National Labor Relations Board’s Stericycle ruling and to account for remote work environments.

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  Employee Handbooks

  Leave for State Board or Commission Service Handbook Statement: Oregon

  Oregon employers with one or more employees should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of time off to serve as an appointed member of a state board or commission and to show their compliance with Oregon's state board or commission leave law.

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  Employee Handbooks

  EEO Handbook Statement: Pennsylvania

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect new definitions of race, religious creed and sex under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, effective August 16, 2023.

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  September 8, 2023

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  Benchmarking and Surveys

  Employee Handbooks 2023: Survey Report

  In this report, we examine practices for the creation and maintenance of employee handbooks. We explore the challenges employers face in this process.