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Consensual Relationship Agreement

General•Sep 7, 2026•15 min

Free Love Contract Template (Consensual Relationship)

Free love contract templates: peer, supervisor and subordinate, disclosure form, policy, conflict plan, and end-of-relationship notice. DOCX, no signup.

Employee Task List

General•Sep 7, 2026•15 min

Free Employee Task List Template: 6 Excel and Word Types

Free employee task list templates: daily, weekly, team, task tracker, recurring duties, and a printable sheet, with owner, due date, priority, and status.

Ergonomic Assessment Checklist

General•Sep 7, 2026•16 min

Free Ergonomic Assessment Checklist Templates

Free ergonomic assessment checklist templates for small business: office workstation, home office, laptop and sit-stand, lifting. DOCX, no signup.

Job Safety Analysis

General•Sep 7, 2026•16 min

Free Job Safety Analysis Template: 6 JSA and JHA Forms

Free job safety analysis templates: blank JSA worksheet, printable form, construction, warehouse, office, and a worked example. XLSX and DOCX download.

Leave of Absence Agreement

General•Sep 7, 2026•15 min

Leave of Absence Agreement Template (6 Versions, DOCX)

Leave of absence agreement templates for small business: dates, job status, benefits and premium terms, extension, and return-to-work conditions. DOCX.

Non-Compete Agreement

General•Sep 7, 2026•16 min

Free Non-Compete Agreement Template for Small Business

Free non-compete agreement templates: employee, clause, current-employee, contractor, sale-of-business, and non-solicit versions. DOCX, no signup.

Retirement Announcement

General•Sep 7, 2026•13 min

Free Retirement Announcement Examples & Templates

Free retirement announcement examples for employers: team email, formal letter, chat message, client note, celebration invite, and a spoken script.

Safety Inspection Checklist

General•Sep 7, 2026•17 min

Free Safety Inspection Checklist Templates

Free safety inspection checklist templates for small business: general walkthrough, office, warehouse, kitchen, fire, and a findings log. DOCX, no signup.

Sign In Sheet Template

General•Aug 8, 2026•16 min

Free Sign In and Sign Out Sheet Templates (7 Types)

Free sign in and sign out sheet templates: blank, employee, visitor, training, meeting, and equipment check-out. Printable DOCX and editable XLSX.

Incident Report

General•Jul 18, 2026•15 min

Free Incident Report Template for Small Business (6 Types)

Free incident report templates: workplace, employee, accident, near-miss, security, plus a completed sample. OSHA deadlines built in. DOCX download.

NDA Agreement

General•Jul 18, 2026•16 min

Free NDA Agreement Template for Small Business

Free NDA templates: mutual, one-way, employee, contractor, and small-business, each with the required DTSA whistleblower notice. DOCX, no signup.

Employee Application Form

General•Jul 18, 2026•14 min

Free Employee Application Form Template (6 Versions)

Free employee application form templates: standard, simple, ban-the-box-safe, restaurant, and construction, plus a consent addendum. DOCX download.

Severance Agreement

General•Jul 18, 2026•16 min

Severance Agreement Template (6 Versions, Over-40 OWBPA)

Six severance agreement templates for US small business: a standard agreement, a layoff and RIF version, a dedicated over-40 OWBPA-compliant version with 21-day and 7-day revocation language, a group-termination 45-day version, an ADEA compliance checklist, and an Exhibit A OWBPA disclosure builder. Built for the small business without HR. DOCX, no signup.

Employee Schedule

General•Jul 18, 2026•15 min

Free Employee Schedule Template for Small Business

Free employee schedule templates: weekly, biweekly, monthly, shift, and rotating, with hours totaled and an overtime flag. Excel and Sheets, no signup.

Drug-Free Workplace Policy

General•Jul 18, 2026•15 min

Free Drug-Free Workplace Policy Template (6 Versions)

Six free drug-free workplace policy templates for US small business: a standard policy, a small-business short form, a federal-contractor version for the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, a safety-sensitive and DOT version, a marijuana-state accommodation version, and an acknowledgment form with a supervisor reasonable-suspicion checklist. State cannabis rules and the $100k federal-contract threshold explained. DOCX, no signup.

Grievance Policy

General•Jul 18, 2026•15 min

Free Grievance Policy Template for Small Business

Six free employee grievance policy templates for US small business: an at-will non-union policy, a formal step-by-step procedure, an informal procedure, a union CBA outline, a grievance submission form, and an outcome and appeal letter, built for US at-will employers with the anti-retaliation and NLRA protections generic templates skip. DOCX, no signup.

Volunteer Time Off Policy

General•Jul 18, 2026•14 min

Free Volunteer Time Off Policy Template (6 Versions)

Six free volunteer time off (VTO) policy templates for US small business: a standard policy, a small-business version, a paid-vs-unpaid version, a skills-based and team volunteering version, a VTO request form, and a completed sample. FLSA-aware, built to stay voluntary, with a VTO-vs-PTO explainer. DOCX, no signup.

Employee Monitoring Consent Form

General•Jul 18, 2026•16 min

Free Employee Monitoring Consent Form Template

Six free employee monitoring consent templates for US small business: a standard consent and acknowledgment, an affirmative opt-in form, a companion monitoring policy, a remote and BYOD addendum, a GPS and vehicle form, and CT, DE, and NY state add-ons, built around the ECPA and the state notice laws generic forms skip. DOCX, no signup.

Internal Communication Policy

General•Jul 18, 2026•14 min

Free Internal Communication Policy Template (6 Versions)

Six free internal communication policy templates for US small business: a standard 14-section policy, a small-business lightweight version, a remote and hybrid version, a channel quick-reference, an all-staff approval workflow, and a completed sample. NLRA protected-activity language built in. DOCX, no signup.

Approved Leave Of Absence Letter From Employer

General•Jul 18, 2026•15 min

Free Leave of Absence Approval Letter From Employer

Six free leave of absence approval letter templates for US small business, sent from employer to employee: personal, medical (non-FMLA), FMLA (referencing Form WH-382), military (USERRA), parental, and a combined bereavement and jury duty letter, built for under-50-employee firms with the FMLA and benefits guidance generic templates skip. DOCX, no signup.

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