Top 10 Employee Handbook Topics, including COVID-19 Policies By Leslie Elsner Bell, Elsner Bell & Associates, LLC

If it has been more than a year since your business has reviewed its Employee Handbook, it’s time to see whether your day-to-day business practices have deviated from your actual written policies. As a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, employers find themselves needing to add time-sensitive topics like an Infectious Disease Policy, Telework policy, COVID-19-specific policies, as well as updates to leave policies. There are, of course, also ever-changing regulations, at the federal, state, and local level, that need to be addressed. Businesses with locations in multiple states have the added burden to understand any new requirements in order to stay compliant.
               
Your Employee Handbook is as unique as your business. It is not a one-size fits all, as the number of employees you have affects the topics you must cover. For instance, the Family Medical Leave Act should be in a company’s handbook only if the business has 50 or more employees within a 75-mile radius.
 
To learn the most significant changes that businesses need to address in order to maintain an up-to-date Employee Handbook especially as we all work to provide safe, healthy workplaces during the pandemic, please join us for the Top Ten Employee Handbook Topics on October 7, 2020 from 8:00-9:00 a.m. via Zoom. For more information about the author and presenter, go to www.ElsnerBell.com. This seminar costs $20. Preregistration is required.