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Maintaining a California handbook that complies with state and federal laws helps protect your business and employees. Think of it as a user manual for the workplace.
CalChamber's Employee Handbook Creator online tool guides you through every step of what is usually a complicated HR task.
- Our user-friendly interface and simplified navigation makes handbook creation an intuitive process.
- Our support materials — such as our How-To Guide, FAQs and HR Glossary — aid you in crafting comprehensive and compliant employee handbooks.
- A comprehensive Wizard-planning guide helps you prepare to answer the Wizard's questions effectively.
The Employee Handbook Creator tool is accessible on any Windows- or Mac-based laptop, desktop or tablet.
Access more than 100 policies, including those that are mandatory, suggested or optional for your company — such as the mandatory paid sick leave policies required by local ordinances or California's mandatory harassment, discrimination and retaliation prevention policy. Clearly communicate company policies and set expectations in an employee handbook that you create online, export and save to a secure location on your computer, and then print from your own printer and/or distribute electronically.
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.
"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. | |
Previous 2024 Policy Updates
8/15/2024 - The much-needed Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) reform signed into law July 1 aims to reduce employers' exposure, risk and damages related to wage and hour violations while reducing potential penalties attached to such claims, by, among other things, allowing employers to take reasonable steps toward wage and hour compliance — and one such reasonable step is disseminating lawful written policies.
To assist employers in this endeavor, the Employee Handbook Creator tool will include the following new and revised policies on wage and hour issues in this August update:
- Wage and Hour Training (new policy).
- Final Pay (new policy).
- On Call/Standby (new policy).
- Split Shift (new policy).
- Confirmation of Receipt of Wage and Hour Policies (new policy).
- Pay Differentials.
- Reporting Time Pay.
- Makeup Time.
- Meal and Rest Periods.
- Overtime for Nonexempt Employees.
- Pay for Mandatory Meetings/Training.
- Timekeeping and Off-the-Clock Work.
- Lactation Accommodation.
- Expense reimbursement.
- Payment of wages.
- Sick Leave.
- Personnel and Payroll Records.
Also available to help employers comply with wage and hour requirements is our PAGA Wage & Hour Compliance Toolkit, which includes additional resources and is offered to CalChamber members at a discounted rate.
Current Subscribers: Please sign in to the Employee Handbook Creator to review the changes. If this update applies to you, we highly recommend that you update your handbook with these changes at your earliest opportunity.
