2024 Employee Handbook Update Checklist
Compliance Updates to Include in Your Employee Handbook Update
A lot happened in the legislative world this past year prompting a need for employers to update their handbooks.
Below is a checklist of important updates to include in your 2024 handbook update.
For a more comprehensive checklist of what to include in your employee handbook, check out the Free Download-Employee Handbook Policy Checklist below.
2024 Handbook Updates
✔️Pregnancy Accommodation - New Pregnant Worker’s Fairness Act that applies to employers with 15+ employees (several states have pregnancy accommodation rules as well.)
✔️Lactation Accommodation - New PUMP Act that applies to all employers.
✔️Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy - AI is everywhere! Keeping data secure and information confidential is a priority, starting with your policy.
✔️Religious Accommodation - A recent Supreme Court ruling has changed the standard for how employers handle religious accommodation.
✔️E-Verify - Many employers are now using E-Verify to verify remote Form I-9s in light of the government ending the ability for employers to verify identification remotely. (Some states also require E-Verify)
✔️National Labor Relations Board Ruling - The ruling applies to all employers and in a nutshell, is very complex. Policies that govern social media, outside employment, over-broad complaint requirements, complainant confidentiality requirements, and over-broad workplace conduct rules should be reviewed under this new ruling. And, it’s always best to have an attorney review your final draft handbook.
✔️Harassment - Updating prohibited conduct to include pregnancy and childbirth-related harassment, repeated/intentional misgendering, denying access to bathrooms, and adding that harassment can occur virtually are among some of the recommended policy updates.
✔️Overtime Rules (Pending) - the Department of Labor has issued a proposed rule that, if implemented would extend overtime protections to 3.6 million additional workers. Now is a good time to conduct a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Exempt/Non-Exempt audit in preparation for more to come on this rule.
Other state and/or city requirements to look out for depending on your location(s)…
✔️Paid Sick Leave
✔️Paid Family Medical Leave
✔️Additional Equal Employment Opportunity protections
✔️Non-Compete Agreement Prohibitions
✔️Pay Transparency
Free Download - Employee Handbook Policy Checklist
Check out this free download that will help you update your handbook. The Employee Handbook Policy Checklist is a comprehensive guide of what policies to include in your employee handbook based on HR and organizational culture best practices and state and federal compliance.
This free download is designed to help you...
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