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.

July, 2020