| 1 | Adverse weather and employee travel disruption: a quick ... A quick guide to the position for employers and employees where adverse weather, transport strikes or other major incidents prevent employees getting to work. This is one of a series of quick guides: see Quick guides. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Bribery Act 2010: issues for employment lawyers This note considers the implications of the Bribery Act 2010, which came into force on 1 July 2011, for employment lawyers and what employers need to do to prepare for the change. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Bribery Act 2010: toolkit A toolkit to assist with Bribery Act 2010 compliance. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Discipline and misconduct: toolkit A toolkit to guide users through key PLC materials on dismissals for misconduct, including practice notes, checklists, procedures, letters, and tribunal materials. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 5 | Discipline and poor performance: toolkit A toolkit to guide users through key PLC materials on dismissals for poor performance, including practice notes, checklists, procedures, letters, and tribunal materials. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 6 | Employee Handbook Toolkit Resources to help employers create, maintain and distribute employee handbooks. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 7 | Social media: a quick guide A brief description of social media categories and the most popular websites and services. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 8 | State Laws Employee Access to Personnel Files: Overview This Chart lists the states with laws permitting employee access to personnel files maintained by private employers. It outlines which state laws include a right of access for former employees, and how much time employers have to respond to an employee request. The Chart also describes limits on employee access and employer penalties for violation. | Practice note: overview | 21-Dec-2012 |
| 9 | Bribery Act 2010 anti-corruption policies This note addresses the issues to consider in creating an anti-corruption policy with particular emphasis on the Bribery Act 2010, the new offence of failing to prevent bribery under section 7 of that Act and the adequate procedures defence to that offence. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Disciplining Employees for Social Media Posts in View of the ... A Note discussing employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the issues employers should consider when seeking to discipline employees for the content of social media posts. This Note considers only the employee protections under the NLRA. This Note includes references to NLRB precedent issued after January 4, 2012 by recess appointees to the NLRB. In Noel Canning v. NLRB, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that the recess appointments to the NLRB were invalid, calling into question whether any of the NLRB's decisions since January 4, 2012 are enforceable. Despite the DC Circuit's holding, the NLRB continues to issue decisions by the recess appointees, seek enforcement of those decisions and rely on the recess appointees' decisions as governing law (see Legal Update, DC Circuit Rules NLRB Recess Appointments Were Unconstitutional; Enforceability of All Recess Appointees' Decisions in Doubt). PLC Labor & Employment will continue to monitor developments and update this resource to reflect applicable law. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace: Business ... A template briefing for in-house counsel to give supervisors and managers regarding the prohibition against discrimination and harassment in the workplace, and their responsibilities in enforcing the employer's policies. Click here to download in Microsoft Word. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Effective whistleblowing policies A practice note on the issues for employers considering implementing or revising a whistleblowing policy. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Employee Handbooks: Best Practices This Note describes best practices for creating, distributing and maintaining an employee handbook. It discusses key reasons to create a handbook, drafting guidelines, considerations for employers that are creating a handbook from existing policies, tips for organizing a handbook, compliance with the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), distributing a handbook, employee acknowledgments and maintaining a handbook. This Note addresses federal law. For information on state law requirements, see the State Q&A Tools under Related Content to the right. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | Interactive Process under the ADA A Note describing the interactive process that employers must engage in with qualified individuals with a disability to explore possible reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA). This Note addresses federal law regarding the parties' rights and obligations. For information on state law requirements, see the State Q&A Tools under Related Content to the right. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Quasi-legislation: codes, guidance, orders, rules and ... A note on the various types of quasi-legislation and how they should be treated. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | Smoke-free premises This practice note looks at the legislation requiring enclosed public places and workplaces in England and Wales to be smoke-free. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 17 | Smoke-free workplaces: implications for employers A practice note providing guidance to employers on the Health Act 2006 which requires workplaces to be smoke-free. The note deals with employment issues arising from an employer's implementation of the ban, such as formulating a no-smoking policy, dealing with smoking breaks, and disciplining employees who breach the ban. A detailed overview of the regulatory framework requiring enclosed and substantially enclosed public premises and workplaces to be smokefree and requiring landlords to display no-smoking signs is provided in PLC Property, Practice note, Smoke-free premises. | Practice notes | Maintained |