Employee Handbook Requirements for 2023. Includes Updated Federal, State and Local Regulations as well as Multi-State Regulations

The pandemic changed what workers expect, and handbook policies that ban now-normal flexibilities can feel out of date. Many organizations still put off updating their employee handbook. This 90-minute employee handbook compliance webinar explains why a refresh matters and what to include.

A handbook is an important compliance tool and can help you defend wage and hour, harassment, discrimination and leave claims. With hybrid work, it also needs to set clear expectations for communication and performance.

You'll review federal, state, local and multi-state rules, including background screening, overtime, salary history bans, paid leave, pay equity, worker classification, drug testing and marijuana, immigration, reporting and retaliation, and how to communicate policies to employees.

• Identify the federal, state and local regulations your handbook must address
• Recognize the multi-state regulations that affect employers most
• Decide whether to use separate policies or a single employee handbook
• Design procedures that reduce risk under new laws
• Communicate multi-state policies effectively to employees

Managing multi-state compliance

• Resources to help build strategies for multi-state challenges
• Identifying which state-specific regulations apply
• Multi-state regulations to know and the policies they require
• Which multi-state regulations affect employers most
• New laws that have changed the playing field and how to reduce risk
• Procedures to address new regulations
• Whether to write separate policies or an employee handbook for multi-state laws
• Communication strategies for telling employees about multi-state rules
• Tools and resources to help employers comply

Policy topics

• Criminal background screening regulations
• The DOL overtime rule
• Salary history questions prohibited in hiring
• Paid leave laws
• Pay equity
• Employee classification and independent contractors vs employees
• Drug testing guidelines and legalized marijuana in the workplace
• Immigration compliance
• Employee handbooks
• Reporting
• Retaliation

An outdated handbook can become a liability, especially for multi-state employers with a dispersed workforce, who must track different employment laws and new developments in every state where they have employees. Keeping up can feel burdensome while you're also struggling to recruit and hire, but falling behind can be costly.

The session suits HR, compliance and payroll professionals, federal contractors, department heads, managers and supervisors, office managers with HR duties, and those responsible for AAP and EEO compliance.

• Federal Contractors
• Department Heads
• Human resources professionals
• Compliance professionals
• Payroll Professionals
• Managers/Supervisors & new and potential managers
• Office Managers responsible for HR responsibilities
• The person responsible for the Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Margie Faulk is a senior level human resources professional with over 15 years of HR management and compliance experience. A current Compliance Advisor for HR Compliance Solutions, LLC, Margie, has worked as an HR Compliance advisor for major corporations and small businesses in the small, large, private, public and Non-profit sectors.  Margie has provided small to large businesses with risk management strategies that protect companies and reduces potential workplace fines and penalties from violation of employment regulations. Margie is bilingual (Spanish) fluent and Bi-cultural.

Margie’s area of expertise includes Criminal Background Screening Policies and auditing, I-9 document correction and storage compliance, Immigration compliance, employee handbook development, policy development, sexual harassment investigations/certified training, SOX regulations, payroll compliance, compliance consulting, monitoring US-based federal, state and local regulations, employee relations issues, internal investigations, HR management, compliance consulting, internal/external audits, and performance management.
Margie is a speaker and accomplished trainer and has created and presented compliance seminars/webinars for over 16 US and International compliance institutes. Margie has testified as a compliance subject matter expert (SME) for several regulatory agencies and against regulatory agencies, thank goodness not on the same day. Margie offers compliance training to HR professionals, business owners, and leadership to ensure compliance with workplace and regulations. 
Margie’s unique training philosophy includes providing free customized tools for all attendees. These tools are customized and have been proven to be part an effective risk management strategy. Some of the customized tools include the I-9 Self Audit. Correction and Storage program, Ban the Box Decision Matrix Policy that Employers can provide in a dispute for allegations, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Compliance Guide, Drug-Free Workplace Volatile Termination E-Book and other compliance program tools when attendees register and attend Margie’s trainings.
Margie holds professional human resources certification (PHR) from the HR Certification Institution (HRCI) and SHRM-CP certification from the Society for Human Resources Management. Margie is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE).