Ensure Your Employee Handbook Reflects New Employment Law and Best Practices

If it's been a while since your last professional handbook update, you may be missing some new laws and best practices. Have you added these policies to your handbook?

Healthy Workplaces Act - Have you customized and published how your company administers NM's "Paid Sick Leave" law, effective July 2022? 

PTO pay out - Do you still put conditions on whether you pay out unused accrued PTO when an employee leaves? That's now a no no in New Mexico. We have a solution to bring you into compliance while limiting your liability.

Remote/Hybrid Work - Work from home is here to stay (or at least, requests to do it keep coming) Does your handbook make clear who is eligible to work from home and expectations? 

Infectious Disease - In light of COVID, workplaces have clarified what do to in case of infectious disease.

Anti-Bullying - Prevent this toxic behavior and reduce inadvertently incorrect harassment complaints by defining bullying and the process to report it.

Workplace Recording - Are employees allowed to record meetings or do you make it clear consent of those present is required? Despite NM being a single consent state, you have options in your workplace.

Pregnancy - Have you included new pregnancy laws, including lactation laws?

Commitment to Diversity - The Supreme Court has added protected classes to the federal list, and the modern workforce expects employers to commit to diversity.

Gender neutral language - We can also update your handbook language to be more inclusive by includingender neutral language. 

Religious Accommodations - This was highlighted in a recent Supreme Court case re USPS. Include that your workplace complies with this federal law.

Let us help you bring your handbook up to speed! We can work with you to ensure your employee policy manual reflects your workplace's practices, is compliant with federal, state and local law, and that you are using best practices.