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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
Presented by:
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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
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California
• Paid sick leave– Who’s covered?– What are the benefits?– What are the exceptions?– How about pre-existing PSL
benefits and policies?
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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?
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California
• Changing personal information– What information?– What does the new law
prohibit?– How should the handbook
be changed?
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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
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New York
• Leave volunteer first responder• Expansion of Wage Theft
Prevention Act
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The major categories of expanding laws
• Ban the box (criminal convictions)• Paid sick leave• Bullying (abusive conduct)• Wage theft prevention act (DC)
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The major categories of expanding laws
• Joint liability / joint employers (the NLRB and franchisees)• The NLRB and access to employer email systems (Purple Communications)
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The major categories of expanding laws
• Minimum wage• Paid sick leave• Immigration• E-cigarettes• Medical marijuana
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The major categories of expanding laws
• Retaliation• Penalties• Private rights of action
… and don’t forget -- the languageof your policies
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Questions?
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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
[email protected]@littler.com