Model Employee Handbook and Forms; COVID-19 Policies
As many California employers welcome back workers laid off by pandemic conditions, best practices include ensuring policies and forms are up-to-date. We are daily guiding managers through this process with particular eye on sound COVID-19 protocols.
Our model forms include:
- Pandemic recovery and prevention procedures;
- Paid sick leave benefits under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and other federal and California requirements;
- Employment application and accompanying job description template (including key provisions for Americans with Disabilities Act compliance and California’s constitutional privacy protections);
- Pre-employment procedures policy (properly positioning the process to meet changing legal requirements, some as recent as July 1, 2020);
- Employment agreement (including confidentiality/non-disclosure of company trade secrets);
- Alternative dispute resolution agreement (also properly setting terms to match changing standards for private mediation and arbitration in lieu of court action);
- Meal and rest period acknowledgments (confirming employer provision of required breaks); and
- Termination policy, checklist and standard release (to be applied as appropriate for greater protection against later, preventable suits).
Our comprehensive model employee handbook now includes (but is not limited to):
- Conditions of company employment, including mutual “at-will” termination rights;
- Discrimination and harassment, prevention and handling (including new standards stemming from government response to COVID-19 conditions);
- Employee compensation;
- Employee benefits;
- Employee job performance;
- Limits of employee privacy, including legitimate employer access to employee-maintained databases and social media guidelines;
- Paid and unpaid leaves;
- Workplace health and safety;
- Job-related injury or illness, including prevention plan priorities; and
- Drug and alcohol policy, including testing,
CONTACT US TO ORDER NOW
To order or for more information, contact Office Manager Aimee Rosales at 626.583.6600 or email her at officemgr@tbowleslaw.com.