In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss employee handbook best practices with expert Ken Siepman.

Topics include:

• Responsibilities and requirements around employee handbooks
• Tips for creating employee handbooks that will actually be read and used
• The risks of not having an employee handbook
• Staying compliant with Section 7 of NLRA regarding protected concerted activity
• Suggestions for keeping your social media and professional conduct policies compliant
• Requirements for having employee handbooks available in different languages
• No swearing policies
• New items being included in handbooks

In this episode’s listener question, a few listeners asked us about what to do after having been written up. In the news, the EEOC reported that 18.8% of EEOC charges for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 were for religious discrimination.