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New Year – New Handbook?New Year – New Handbook? 

Tips for Ensuring Your Employee Handbook’sUp to Date For 2015

Presented by:Christopher E. Cobey

Littler Knowledge Management Counsel

February 4, 2015

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Christopher E. CobeyKnowledge Management Counsel

Littler | San Jose Office408.795.3425

ccobey@littler.com

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What This Webinar Covers

• Who cares if you have an employee handbook, or if it’s updated• What are the sources of change?• Which law should you follow?• The major jurisdictions• The major changes • Where to get more information

California

• Paid sick leave– Who’s covered?– What are the benefits?– What are the exceptions?– How about pre-existing PSL

benefits and policies?

California

• “AB 60” driver’s licenses and national origin discrimination– What should the employee

handbook say?– Who will implement this

policy?– What are the suggestions

for implementing this new law?

California

• Changing personal information– What information?– What does the new law

prohibit?– How should the handbook

be changed?

California

• The Fire Down Below: an additional 540 potential sources of workplace laws– Minimum wages– Paid sick leave– Living wages / government

contractors– San Francisco’s Retail

Workers Bill of Rights

New York

• Leave volunteer first responder• Expansion of Wage Theft

Prevention Act

The major categories of expanding laws

• Ban the box (criminal convictions)• Paid sick leave• Bullying (abusive conduct)• Wage theft prevention act (DC)

The major categories of expanding laws

• Joint liability / joint employers (the NLRB and franchisees)• The NLRB and access to employer email systems (Purple Communications)

The major categories of expanding laws

• Minimum wage• Paid sick leave• Immigration• E-cigarettes• Medical marijuana

The major categories of expanding laws

• Retaliation• Penalties• Private rights of action

… and don’t forget -- the languageof your policies

Questions?

New Year – New Handbook?New Year – New Handbook?  

Tips for Ensuring Your Employee Tips for Ensuring Your Employee Handbook’sHandbook’s

Up to Date For 2015Up to Date For 2015

Christopher E. CobeyChristopher E. CobeyKnowledge Management CounselKnowledge Management Counsel

Littler | San Jose OfficeLittler | San Jose Office408.795.3425408.795.3425

ccobey@littler.comccobey@littler.com

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