# Employee handbook review
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Review employee handbooks and policy manuals for legal compliance, policy gaps, and liability-creating language.

Review employee handbooks and policy manuals for legal compliance, policy gaps, and liability-creating language. Use when onboarding as HR counsel, conducting an annual compliance audit, after a merger or acquisition, when entering a new state, or after a significant statutory change. Covers US federal baseline (Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, NLRA, FLSA, OSHA, GINA, USERRA, PUMP Act, PWFA), multi-state analysis for distributed workforces, UK requirements (ERA 1996, Equality Act 2010, Employment Rights Act 2025), and Australian requirements (Fair Work Act 2009 NES, positive duty, right to disconnect). Classifies each policy area as COMPLIANT, UPDATE REQUIRED, NON-COMPLIANT, or CRITICAL RISK. Produces a prioritized remediation checklist with model policy language, a multi-state compliance matrix, and a Glass Box audit trail. Supports multi-state operations with jurisdiction-specific supplement analysis.

This skill reviews employee handbooks and HR policy manuals against federal, state, and international employment law requirements. It identifies policy gaps, outdated provisions, and legally risky language, and produces prioritized update recommendations with model policy language. **Covers:** - At-will employment disclaimers and implied contract risk analysis - EEO, anti-discrimination, and anti-harassment policies (all post-*Bostock* protected classes) - NLRA Section 7 compliance analysis under the 2023 *Stericycle* standard - FMLA, state leave law, and leave stacking exposure - ADA, PWFA, and PUMP Act accommodation procedures - FLSA wage and hour policies (overtime, off-the-clock work, timekeeping) - OSHA workplace safety, injury reporting, and whistleblower protections - Drug testing policies and state cannabis law conflicts - Pay transparency requirements (multi-state matrix) - Separation procedures, final pay, and COBRA references - Social media, electronic communications, and employee monitoring policies - Remote work and multi-state wage and hour compliance - Background check policies and FCRA / ban-the-box compliance - UK requirements: ERA 1996 written statement, Equality Act 2010, WTR 1998, PIDA 1998, Employment Rights Act 2025 - AU requirements: Fair Work Act 2009 NES, right to disconnect, positive duty, WHS - AI acceptable use policies (emerging 2025–2026 requirement) - Multi-state employer supplement analysis and jurisdiction ...

## Jurisdictions

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