“Handbook Harmony: Mastering the 2024 Updates for an Effective Workplace”

Lee Jacobs and Rosemary Enright discuss updates for 2024 for employee handbooks, covering topics that include policy changes around sexual harassment, paid family leave, lactation accommodation, marijuana testing, electronic monitoring, and height and weight discrimination. They also touch on artificial intelligence in hiring decisions. Lee and Rosemary emphasize the importance of updating employee handbooks to ensure compliance with New York State and New York City laws as well as of providing employee training and resources to promote a safe and inclusive work environment.