Literacy Program Accommodation Policy
(with Acknowledgment) (CA)

Summary

This template is a literacy program accommodation policy that governs reasonable accommodations and assistance by employers under the California Employee Literacy Education Assistance Act for employees who disclose their illiteracy. This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, and an optional clause. Employers may include this policy in an employee handbook or distribute it as a standalone policy. It is intended for private employers. The template's language has been customized to comply with California and federal law. For a non-jurisdictional employee handbook, see Employee Handbook. For an employee handbook supplement for California employers containing customized workplace policies based on California state and local laws, see Employee Handbook Supplement (CA). For information on reasonable accommodations, see Disability and Reasonable Accommodation Policies: Key Drafting Tips, Americans with Disabilities Act: Guidance for Employers, Accommodating a Disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act Checklist, California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), 2 California Employment Law § 41.51, 1 California Leave Law: A Practical Guide for Employers § 2.06, and 1 Labor & Employment in California § 4-3. For information on drafting educational assistance by employers, see Education-Assistance Policies: Key Drafting Tips and Educational Assistance Program Policy. For a full listing of key content covering employee handbook considerations, see Employee Handbook Resource Kit. For tracking of newly enacted discrimination laws in California and other key federal, state, and local Labor & Employment legal developments, see Labor & Employment Key Legal Developments Tracker (Current).