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General HR templates, forms, and downloadable documents for small business.
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Incident Report
Free Incident Report Template for Small Business (6 Types)
Six free incident report templates for US small business: a standard workplace report, an employee behavioral report, an accident and injury report with an OSHA reportability check, a near-miss report, a security report, and a completed sample. OSHA 8-hour and 24-hour deadlines and 5-year retention built in. DOCX, no signup.
NDA Agreement
Free NDA Agreement Template for Small Business
Six free non-disclosure agreement templates for US small business: mutual, one-way, employee, independent contractor, a simple plain-language version, and an interview and visitor NDA, each with the federally required DTSA whistleblower notice and SPEAK OUT Act protected-rights language generic templates skip. DOCX, no signup.
Employee Application Form
Free Employee Application Form Template (6 Versions)
Six free employee application form templates for US small business: a standard application, a simple one-page version, a ban-the-box-safe fair-chance version, restaurant and construction versions, and a reference and FCRA background-check consent addendum. EEO statement, salary-history-ban, and EEOC 1-year retention notes built in. DOCX, no signup.
Severance Agreement
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
Free Employee Schedule Template for Small Business
Six free employee schedule templates for US small business: weekly, biweekly, monthly, shift coverage, a 2-2-3 rotating pattern, and a simple small-business version, each totaling hours per employee and flagging overtime, with the FLSA, predictive-scheduling, breaks, and youth-hour notes generic templates skip. Excel and Google Sheets, no signup.
Drug-Free Workplace Policy
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
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
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
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
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
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.