An employee handbook can protect your company or expose it. Employment attorneys often ask for the handbook first when preparing workplace claims, so keeping it current with federal, state, local and multi-state rules is a key part of reducing risk.

This 90-minute handbook update webinar identifies the most common handbook violations and how to fix them, the policies every handbook needs, five policies that do the most to cut risk, and which agencies enforce which rules. You'll look at social media and penalties for negative employee speech, paid leave laws, ban-the-box rules on criminal background checks, and states that bar salary history questions, which means removing them from handbooks, applications and career sites.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

Many companies use one-size-fits-all online templates. A handbook that isn't updated, tailored to the company and applied consistently is a real liability, and employees tend to read it when they join, when they plan to leave, and when they consider suing.

This session suits business owners, employers, HR, office and facilities managers, compliance professionals and those who manage paid and unpaid leave.

AREA COVERED

• Identifying and preparing for handbook violations
• New regulations that affect your company
• The most common handbook violations and how to reduce them
• Five handbook policies that do the most to reduce risk
• Handbook changes that help employers
• Which regulatory agency focuses on which regulation
• Policies that get employers into trouble
• Must-have handbook policies
• Social media and penalties when employees speak negatively about the employer
• New paid leave laws and how to manage them
• Ban-the-box rules and criminal background screening
• States that prohibit salary history questions
• Best practices for developing a handbook
• Employee handbooks vs company policies
• Policies likely to become outdated soon
• Managers and supervisors as compliance ambassadors
• Training as a first line of defense if you are sued

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Identify common handbook violations and how to prevent them
• Determine which policies your handbook must include
• Apply federal, state, local and multi-state rules to your handbook
• Update social media, paid leave, ban-the-box and salary history policies
• Distinguish handbook content from separate company policies
• Prepare managers and training programs to support compliance

WHO WILL BENEFIT?

• Business Owners
• Employers
• HR professionals
• Office Managers
• Facilities Managers
• Workplace Compliance professionals
• Professionals responsible for paid and unpaid leave management
• Any person wanting to keep up to date with workplace regulations and not pay fines and penalties