Description
If there’s ever a time to rethink your handbook, it’s now. “The pandemic sparked an awakening among people. They re-evaluated workplace norms and decided many no longer work for them.”
Workers’ new expectations may clash with employers’ old policies. Policies that ban flexibilities normalized by the pandemic may feel frustratingly out of date. And yet, many organizations punt on handbook refreshes. “I think a lot of companies don’t update their employee handbooks as often as they should,
With the shift to hybrid work, organizations must set clear expectations around communication, and performance. Managers and associates both play a significant role in making [hybrid work] successful within their teams, and HR teams have an opportunity to provide tools and guidelines to make it even easier.
Now is the time for employers to consider updating their employee handbooks. Handbooks, handed out at orientation and often thereafter ignored, are an important compliance tool for employers addressing all manner of employment issues. And handbook policies can be a helpful tool when defending a variety of employment claims, such as wage and hour violations, harassment and discrimination lawsuits, and leave disputes.
Session Highlights:
- What resources can assist organizations in creating strategies to mitigate multi-state challenges
- To identify what state-specific regulations, must comply
- What multi-state regulations they need to be aware of and what policies they need to create
- Which multi-state regulations impact Employers more than others
- Which new laws have changed the playing field for Employers to reduce risk
- What policies can be created to mitigate all the new regulations
- Whether to create policies or create an Employee Handbook to mitigate multi-state laws
- What communication strategies need to be developed to ensure effective communication by Employers to employees on the many multi-state regulations
- What tools need to be used to arm Employers with the many resources that will help them mitigate these regulations
- Criminal Background Screening Regulations
- DOL New Overtime Rule
- Salary Question Prohibited in Hiring
- Paid leave laws
- Pay equity
- Employee classification
- Drug Testing Guidelines
- Marijuana Legalized in the Workplace
- Immigration compliance
- Employee handbooks
- Reporting
- Retaliation
- Independent Contractors vs employees
Who should attend?
- Federal Contractors
- Department Heads
- Human resources professionals
- Compliance professionals
- Payroll Professionals
- Managers/Supervisors & new and potential managers
- Office Managers responsible for HR responsibilities
- The person responsible for the Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Margie Faulk
