Employee Handbooks: From the PUMP Act to Stericycle, what you need to know for 2025
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Webinar Overview
Overview:
By the time you hire your first employee, you really need a handbook. Handbooks cover the basic policies–dress codes, vacation policies, et cetera–and set the standard for how the company runs. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is paying close attention, especially when it comes to union organizing. The Stericycle decision will affect you, even if you don’t think unions would ever come near your business.
Additionally, new laws such as the Pregnant Worker’s Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) Act have changed how we approach maternity leaves and nursing mothers.
What about social media? And AI with things such as ChatGPT and Bard? Your handbook needs a good update and this will give you basic guidelines for getting your handbook up to date.
Why you should attend
Every company needs a handbook and every company needs to be up to date. Before you pay an attorney to rewrite your handbook, you need to figure out what you need and get things into place. Then have your attorney give it a review to ensure compliance in all laws. This webinar will help you save time and money by getting the basics in place.
Areas Covered in the Session
- What should be in a handbook; Company Policies
- Impact of Stericycle Decision
- Code of conduct
- Standard hours
- Attendance policy
- Dress code
- Breaks and meals
- Technology policy (equipment)
- Drug/Alcohol policy
- Remote work policy
- Legally required information
- ADA (if 15 or more employees)
- FMLA (if 50 or more employees)
- PWFA/PUMP Act
- Worker’s compensation
- Non-discrimination policies (Title VII, ADEA)
- At-will statement (non-contract)
- The handbook is subject to change
- Employee acknowledgment (signatures)
- Things that might be new
- Social media policy
- Artificial Intelligence Policy
- Multi-state policies
Who should attend?
- Business Owners
- Human Resources professionals
- Managers & Supervisors
- Project Managers
- Team Leaders
- Compliance professionals
- Operations professionals
Ask your question directly from our expert during the Q&A session following the live event.
Meet Your Instructor
Suzanne Lucas
Senior Compliance Consultant
Suzanne Lucas spent 10 years in corporate HR where she hired, fired, managed the numbers, and double-checked with the lawyers. She left the corporate world to advise people and companies on how to have the best Human Resources departments possible.
Suzanne integrates best practices with innovative ideas and humour, including using improve comedy as a tool for leadership development.
Suzanne’s writings have been published at CBS News, Inc. Magazine, Reader’s Digest, and many other sites. She’s been named a top influencer in HR. You can read her archives at EvilHRLady.org or check out her Tedx Talk: Forget Talent and Get to Work.
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