What’s New for Handbooks:
New Administration, New Rules
HR’s most important task: Building and keeping your employee handbook updated and legally compliant in a turbulent time
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, and it has promised to change the workplace as we know it. Recently added rules may need to be modified, and some may need to be dropped entirely.
New Trump administration policies and important rulings from the Supreme Court require you to rethink policies and practices on equality for all, religious expression, religious accommodations and much more. But other recent changes don’t just go away, as employers still need to balance federal 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.
Then there’s the NLRB, which has declared many common handbook policies illegal. Its take on handbook rules has turned nearly all rules on workplace behavior into potential unfair labor charges. But with a new administration, the rules will change again. We will help you decide which rules to keep, which rules to pitch and why.
Keep your handbook updated and lawsuits at bay
It’s vital to keep every word in your handbook up-to-date, but luckily, you’re not stuck trying to keep up with the news and decipher the legal implications on your own.
On March 4, 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 new administration. You may have to undo recent changes, especially if you’re a federal contractor or subcontractor.
- Supreme Court-related changes. Learn why and how to change your handbook policies on religious expression and accommodations.
- 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? 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.
- Different rules in your state. This may be the most difficult handbook area to navigate as what states say you must include clashes with federal mandates.
In this 75-minute online training, you will learn:
- “Must make” handbook changes in a new administration. Discover the new and updated compliance requirements, including rules for pregnancy accommodations, nursing moms and religious accommodations.
- 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.
- The most common mistakes. Learn how to spot a dozen legally dangerous (but easily fixable) mistakes that are likely hiding in your handbook.
Get answers to YOUR questions from presenter…
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 Bulletproof 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. Her legal career includes representing government units in discrimination and other employment law cases and representing school districts in labor negotiations.
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