This document outlines rules, expectations, and benefits for all employees.
What is the Team Member (Employee) Handbook?
This type of insurance provides benefits to employees injured on the job.
What is Workers’ Compensation?
Full-time employees are often eligible for this health coverage benefit.
What is medical insurance?
This form must be completed to verify identity and work authorization.
What is Form I-9?
This policy ensures employees are paid for all time worked.
What is the timekeeping or wage and hour policy?
Employees must sign this after receiving the handbook.
What is the handbook acknowledgment form?
Injuries must be reported within _____ to avoid claim delays.
What is as soon as possible or within the required reporting period?
Employees have 30 days from a qualifying life event to do this.
What is make benefit changes or enroll?
Federal law prohibits hiring decisions based on this.
What is a protected class (e.g., race, gender, age, etc.)?
Employers must follow these laws to determine minimum wage and overtime pay.
What are the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state wage laws?
HR policies must comply with both federal and _____, & ____ laws.
What are state and local laws?
An employee cleared for light duty but refusing available work may risk this.
What is loss of WC benefits or wage replacement?
This federal law allows employees to continue health coverage after separation at their own expense.
What is COBRA?
Employers must have this to maintain pay transparency in certain states.
What is disclosing salary ranges in job postings?
This federal law created protected classes and made it illegal to discriminate.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964? (Or Title VII)
This type of policy ensures employees don’t share confidential company or customer data.
What is a confidentiality or data privacy policy?
Employers must post this document about workers’ rights and WC contacts.
What is the Workers’ Compensation posting notice?
These documents are required to verify dependents for benefit eligibility.
What are dependent verification documents (e.g., marriage or birth certificates)?
All applicants should be evaluated using consistent criteria to prevent this type of claim.
What is discrimination or bias?
This federal organization reviews employment claims related to retaliation, harassment, and discrimination.
What is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)?
Companies must maintain these policies to prevent and respond to unlawful behavior in the workplace.
What are anti-discrimination and harassment policies?
HR should coordinate with this type of time off to prevent overlapping benefits when employees are on WC leave.
What is a leave of absence or FMLA/ADA process?
Companies must distribute this annual notice explaining employee benefit rights under ERISA.
What is the Summary Annual Report (SAR) or Summary Plan Description (SPD)?
If a background check is used for hiring, this law governs how it must be conducted and disclosed.
What is the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)?
CA and CO are examples of states that issue _____ prior to pursuing employment litigation.
What is the Notice of Right to Sue Letter?