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Harassment Investigator Case Study
Use this form as a training tool for harassment investigators. Formerly, Harassment Investigator Case Studies.
Harassment Prevention Policy Implementation Checklist
Review this checklist when implementing a harassment prevention policy at your company.
Hiring Checklist
Use this checklist when hiring a new employee to ensure that you have completed all legally required forms.
Immigration Enforcement Checklist
Use this checklist to help you understand your obligations under California law when an immigration enforcement agent comes to your workplace or issues a Notice of Inspection. California employers must comply with strict rules passed under the Immigrant Worker Protection Act which protects workers in the state from immigration enforcement while they're on the job. Under the Act, all employers, regardless of size, must limit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents' access to both the worksite and employee records, and they must follow notice obligations.
Injury or Illness at the Workplace Checklist
Use this checklist to make sure you respond properly to a reported illness or injury in your workplace.
Law Enforcement Encounter Policy Checklist
Use this checklist to create policies and procedures for your workplace in the event of any type of law enforcement encounter in the workplace.
Makeup Time Checklist
If you are considering a makeup time policy for your employees, use this checklist before implementing the policy to make sure you are covering all the key issues.
Manager's Checklist to Avoid Discrimination
Provide this checklist to managers to help them avoid saying or doing things that could be construed as discriminatory, including interviews, performance evaluations and disciplinary actions.
Mandatory Harassment Prevention Training Checklist
Use this checklist when reviewing a harassment prevention course to make sure you have all of the necessary information on the course, curriculum and trainers.
Military Service Checklist
Use this checklist to create and implement a military service leave policy for your company.
PDL Checklist for Employer Compliance - 5-49 Employees
If your company has five or more employees, pregnant employees who are actually disabled by their pregnancy are eligible for as much as 17 weeks and three days of PDL. If you have 50 or more employees but an employee has not yet been employed for 12 months and 1,250 hours, the employee will not yet be eligible for FMLA, but a pregnant woman will still be eligible for a protected leave of absence under PDL. Use this checklist for each employee on a leave subject to PDL to make sure you do not miss a step. Consult with your personnel policies or employee handbook to assist you in answering some of these questions.
PDL/FMLA Documentation Checklist - For Employer Use Only
Use this checklist to assist you in complying with regulations regarding Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and pregnancy disability leave.
Paid Family Leave Checklist
Use this checklist when your employee notifies you that he or she needs to take Paid Family Leave.
Paid Sick Leave Checklist
Use this checklist to develop practices for implementing the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 and it's expanded 2024 requirements.
Personnel File Checklist
Use this form when employees wish to review the contents of their personnel file. You have the right and responsibility to monitor the employee's inspection of a file to ensure that nothing is removed, destroyed or altered, and to return the file to the proper place.