WEBINAR

Employee Handbook Workshop: Must-Have Policies

January

Monday

January

01

1999

at

10:00 AM

(Eastern)

Updating your handbook is an essential task.

We’ll tell you what you must include, along with sample language!


The world has changed, and your handbooks must change along with it. AI is no longer in its infancy. A viral social media post can sink your management team—or your company. Federal agencies have changed their stance on everything from affinity groups to civility rules. Updating your handbook is an essential task you must get right. No AI usage policy? Big mistake. Lax fraternization rules? That’s inviting a viral moment. This webinar covers these and many other must-have policies with sample language to use right away.

It’s always necessary to regularly review and update your handbook to stay in compliance with the latest rules and regulations, but that’s exceptionally true this year. There is a new administration in place, meaning recently added rules may need to be modified, and some may need to be dropped entirely. Get the updated language you need and check changes off your list.

And important White House and EEOC guidance requires you to rethink policies and practices on equality for all, religious expression, religious accommodations and much more. You must harmonize these with current court cases and state laws, too. Employers need to balance federal and state laws requiring you to accommodate pregnancy and everything related, like breaks for nursing mothers and delegating on-the-spot decision-making to supervisors and managers.

Keep your handbook updated and lawsuits at bay
On September 16, join employment lawyer and author Anniken Davenport as she dives into the top policy changes you need to make to stay in compliance. In this rapidly changing and litigious environment, you can’t afford to let your handbook go stale. Get the rundown you need to stay ahead and avoid expensive lawsuits.

Webinar Agenda


Directives from the Trump administration. You may have to undo recent changes, especially if you’re a federal contractor or subcontractor. But you also have to pay attention to state rules.
Supreme Court-related changes. Learn why and how to change your handbook policies on religious expression and accommodations.
New kinds of discrimination. Handbook rules must be modified to include emerging forms of discrimination.
Employee leave. What to include and what to leave out regarding FMLA, ADA and pregnancy accommodations.
The fractured workplace. What happens when workers disagree on topics like politics and religion now that the administration is encouraging such workplace expression? Handbook policies that set reasonable conduct rules can create a more harmonious workplace.
Speech and civility rules. When you can restrict what employees say and when you can’t (salaries, politics, hate speech, etc.).
Dress and grooming. Learn how to set rules on appropriate behavior, attire and decor when it comes to both in-person and remote appearances.
Sexual and other harassment. Even if employees are remote, you need rules on email, telework, texting and off-site meetings.

“Must make” handbook changes in the Trump administration.
Discover the new and updated compliance requirements, including rules for pregnancy accommodations, nursing moms, religious accommodations and reverse discrimination.

New laws and Supreme Court updates.
Know what your handbook should say about remote work, dress and grooming, use of AI, protests and politics, religious expression and worship, pregnancy accommodations and more.

Easy-to-use checklist.
Easily check off outdated rules with new compliant language and rest easy.

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Meet Anniken

Anniken Davenport is a noted employment law attorney and the legal analyst and senior editor of HR Employment Law Advisor and HR Specialist: Employment Law. She has authored several books, including the Employer’s Practical Legal Guide and Bullet-Proof Your Employee Handbook. Anniken has served as a professor at Penn State University, where she taught business law and HR management, and she directed the Legal Studies Program at Wilson College.

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