Employee Handbooks for Multi-State Employers

Employers sometimes ask how to provide a comprehensive Employee Handbook to employees across multiple states, where the laws differ dramatically from California.

This is an easy fix and we do it all the time: provide an addendum to the California Handbook identifying the “exceptions” to the California Handbook for every state in which an employee performs work. Since California has a very comprehensive body of employment law, the exceptions for other states tend to be minimal.