Labor & Employment

4.5

Employee Handbooks: Vital Policies and Drafting Tips (With Checklist)

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Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 56 minutes
Lorna Wiggins
Sarah Turner
Gabrielle Wirth
Thomas Mew
With Lorna M. Wiggins from Wiggins, Williams & Wiggins, P.C. + 3 others
Recorded September 30, 2025.
Product ID 100809

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Overview

Stay Compliant, Minimize Risks, and Build a Stronger Workplace.

A well-crafted employee handbook is essential for setting clear expectations, ensuring legal compliance, and protecting your organization. This comprehensive program will guide you through drafting key policies, navigating complex legal updates, and addressing emerging workplace challenges. Gain practical insights and tools to create a handbook that aligns with today's evolving work environment. Register today!

What You'll Take Away:

  • Strategies for drafting clear, compliant workplace policies.
  • Guidance on balancing remote work and digital privacy.
  • Tools for handling discrimination, harassment, and misconduct.
  • Insights into navigating drug policies and multi-state compliance.
  • Best practices for wage, and hour provisions.
  • Key NLRB updates and their impact on handbook policies.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Building a Digital-Age Employee Handbook
  2. Navigating Drug Policies and Marijuana Legalization
  3. Staying Compliant with Wage and Hour Laws
  4. Creating Inclusive EEO and Anti-Harassment Policies
  5. Understanding the NLRB and Employee Rights
  6. Establishing Clear Behavior and Discipline Guidelines

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Product ID 100809

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Building a Digital-Age Employee Handbook

    1. Work-from-Home and Hybrid Work Policies
    2. BYOD: Setting Boundaries for Personal Devices
    3. Social Media and Internet Usage Guidelines
    4. Digital Privacy: Ownership, Monitoring, and Data Security
    5. Checklist: Must-Have Digital Policies

  2. Navigating Drug Policies and Marijuana Legalization

    1. Balancing Zero Tolerance and Legalization
    2. Addressing Medicinal vs. Recreational Use
    3. Crafting Multi-State Compliant Policies
    4. Implementing Fair and Legal Drug Testing
    5. Checklist: Comprehensive Drug Policy Inclusions

  3. Staying Compliant with Wage and Hour Laws

    1. Classifying Employees Correctly
    2. Tracking Hours for Remote Workers
    3. Addressing Overtime and Comp Time
    4. Handling Pay Disputes Effectively
    5. Checklist: Wage and Hour Essentials

  4. Creating Inclusive EEO and Anti-Harassment Policies

    1. Identifying Common Pitfalls and Risks
    2. Clarifying Reporting Procedures and Protections
    3. Preventing Retaliation and Ensuring Fair Practices
    4. Training and Reinforcement for Compliance
    5. Checklist: Key Elements for EEO Policies

  5. Understanding the NLRB and Employee Rights

    1. Union vs. Non-Union Workplace Considerations
    2. Navigating Unfair Labor Practices
    3. Employee Rights in Policy Enforcement
    4. Aligning Practices with NLRB Expectations
    5. Checklist: NLRB Compliance and Best Practices

  6. Establishing Clear Behavior and Discipline Guidelines

    1. Documenting Performance and Conduct Issues
    2. Outlining Progressive Discipline Steps
    3. Protecting Against Wrongful Termination Claims
    4. Managing Post-Termination Responsibilities
    5. Checklist: Crafting Effective Discipline Policies

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. HR professionals, accountants, and paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Lorna M Wiggins
Lorna M.
Wiggins
Wiggins, Williams & Wiggins, P.C.
Sarah N Turner
Sarah N.
Turner
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
Gabrielle M Wirth
Gabrielle M.
Wirth
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Thomas J Mew IV
Thomas J.
Mew, IV
Buckley Bala Wilson Mew LLP
Speaker bio
Lorna M Wiggins

Lorna M. Wiggins

Wiggins, Williams & Wiggins, P.C.
Lorna Wiggins

is a shareholder in the Albuquerque law firm of Wiggins, Williams & Wiggins, P.C. She has practiced primarily in the areas of labor and employment law. Ms. Wiggins started practicing law in New Mexico after completing a judicial clerkship. Much of her practice includes advising management on various personnel issues, including hiring, discipline, termination and layoff issues; negotiating employment contracts; non-compete agreements; patent waiver agreements; and assisting management in developing and implementing personnel policies. Ms. Wiggins regularly assists management in certification and decertification elections, negotiating union contracts, arbitrations, and unfair labor practice charges. She regularly defends employers before the New Mexico Human Right Commission, EEOC, OFCCP, NLRB, and state and federal courts. Ms. Wiggins routinely provides training to employers in recognizing and eliminating discrimination and harassment in the workplace, and is a frequent lecturer on labor and employment law. She attended Southern Methodist University, and earned her B.S. degree, cum laude, from the University of North Dakota and her J.D. degree from the University of North Dakota School of Law. Ms. Wiggins is a member of the Albuquerque and American bar associations, and State Bar of New Mexico.

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Sarah N Turner

Sarah N. Turner

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
Sarah Turner

is a partner with the employment/labor, ERISA/life, health and disability, and cannabis, hemp and CBD practice groups, and is a co-managing partner of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP's Seattle office. Her employment and labor practice focuses on employers and includes a hybrid of counseling and litigation. Ms. Turner is an experienced litigator who has represented and defended employers in matters involving claims for wrongful discharge, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, privacy, defamation, ADA, leave and benefits, breach of contract, violation of non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, and wage and hour. She practices in both Washington and Oregon's state and federal trial and appellate courts; and in arbitrations before American Arbitration Association, and Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services. Ms. Turner also has experience representing clients before federal and state agencies including the National Labors Relations Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Labor, Department of Health, Washington's Labor and Industries, Washington's Human Rights Commission, Employee Security Department, Seattle Office of Civil Rights, Oregon's Bureau of Labor and Industries, and other state and local administrative agencies. She earned her bachelor's degree from University of California, San Diego and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from New England School of Law. Ms. Turner is a member of American, Washington State and King County bar associations; Oregon State Bar, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers, and Defense Research Institute. She is admitted to practice in Washington, Oregon and Massachusetts; U.S. District Courts, Washington, Eastern and Western districts; U.S. District Court, Oregon; U.S. District Courts, District of Massachusetts; and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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Gabrielle M Wirth

Gabrielle M. Wirth

Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Gabrielle Wirth

is a partner with Dorsey & Whitney LLP. Her successful trial experience in a broad range of employment disputes, including wage and hour, whistleblower, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, and trade secret/noncompetition cases; and her work with the corporate team on acquisitions and startups equip her to nimbly assess and provide legally compliant options, whether in the counseling or litigation defense role. Ms. Wirth also represents employers before a wide variety of state and federal agencies including the EEOC, OFCCP, state human rights agencies, Labor Commission, Employment Development Department and OSHA. She earned her A.B. degree from the University of California, Berkeley and her J.D. degree from the University of California, Davis School of Law. Ms. Wirth is a member of the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys, John Muir Heritage Society, Yosemite Conservancy, Member and Breakfast Committee, Orange County United Way Women's Philanthropy Fund, Orange County United Way, and the Alexis de Tocqueville Society. She is admitted to practice in California and Montana; and the U.S. District Court for the Northern, Central, Southern and Eastern districts of California.

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Thomas J Mew IV

Thomas J. Mew, IV

Buckley Bala Wilson Mew LLP
Thomas Mew

is a partner with Buckley Bala Wilson Mew LLP, where he practices a broad range of employment law matters, including both individual and class action wage and hour, discrimination and harassment litigation, as well as in arbitration and mediation. He also is an advisor on employment contracts, releases, and restrictive covenant issues. Mr. Mew is the co-author of Georgia Motion Practice, a guide to civil motion practice in Georgia's trial and appellate courts, and the co-author of Georgia Employment Law. He has litigated in state and federal courts at both trial and appellate levels, including the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Mew earned his J.D. degree from the University of Georgia School of Law.

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