California Employee Handbook Creator Online Tool - MASTEH
Compliance Alert: New policies take effect on January 1, 2018, including a policy based on the newly mandated parental leave law for small employers with 20 or more employees.
Applicable policies in Employee Handbook Creator are updated to reflect recent legislative and regulatory changes, agency decisions, court cases or best practices. Additionally, the online tool includes paid sick leave policies that comply with local ordinances for certain California cities. See 2018 Compliance Alert below for more information.
Subscribe for your first year of access and then renew at $99.99 (at $178.98 for English and Spanish kit). Pay a lower price at renewal time.
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"Don’t hesitate to start from scratch. Employee Handbook Creator is easy to use, with precise wording that’s so important these days."
Kat Lotz, CFO Jewel Box Platinum, Inc.
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Who knew creating an employee handbook could be so easy?
Creating and maintaining a well-crafted employee handbook that complies with state and federal laws helps protect California employers from lawsuits. Think of it as a user manual for the workplace.
CalChamber's Employee Handbook Creator tool guides you through every step of what is usually a complicated HR task. Conveniently access the Windows/Mac-compatible tool from your desktop or tablet.
Through a yearly subscription, use the Employee Handbook Creator to clearly communicate company policies and set expectations—in an employee handbook you create online and then export to print from your own printer.
Access more than 110 policies, including policies that may be required, recommended or optional for your company—such as the required EEO policy and policies required by local ordinances.
Your yearly subscription helps keep your handbook policies up to date.
Renewing your subscription each year at $99.99 (English or Spanish) means you'll continue to receive new and revised policy updates resulting from changes to California and federal employment laws or regulations.
You not only receive email notifications on policy updates throughout your subscription year, but the Employee Handbook Creator makes it simple to revise your handbook online.
Check out CalChamber’s free “Top 10 Employee Handbook Mistakes” white paper for members or nonmembers.
2018 COMPLIANCE ALERT
1/1/18 Updates
The following policies for Employee Handbook Creator reflect legislative and other changes effective January 1, 2018:
- (New) Parental Leave: New Parent Leave Act requires employers with 20 or more employees to provide unpaid, job-protected leave for purposes of bonding with a new child.
- (New) San Francisco Parental Leave: Addresses the city and County of San Francisco’s Paid Parental Leave Ordinance.
- Family and Medical Leave: Addresses the New Parent Leave Act.
- Vacation: Addresses the New Parent Leave Act and changes for when an employer can require the use of vacation during unpaid leave.
- Employees Who are Required To Drive: Change to the IRS mileage rate – 54.5 cents.
- Lactation Accommodation: Updates to address differences between California and federal law.
- (New) San Francisco Lactation Accommodation: Addresses San Francisco’s new Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance.
- San Francisco Paid Sick Leave: If you use the advanced lump sum method for providing San Francisco Paid Sick Leave, please review your policy to determine whether you want to cap the total amount of paid sick leave employees can accrue.
- Paid Family Leave: A change to California law eliminates the seven-day waiting period before PFL benefits begin.
- Employee References: California law now prohibits employers from asking about an applicant’s salary history.
- Prohibited Conduct: California law now places strict restrictions on the use of criminal history information in hiring and other employment-related decisions.
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