Your Office Policy Manual should include sections on:
- How to track work hours – no employee should be permitted to clock in or out for another employee
- After-hours and overtime policy
- Passwords – they should never be revealed to other employees
- Forms that new employees should complete – Consent for Identity and Background Screening
- Office Property – not for personal use
- Petty cash policies
- Keys – never to be duplicated or given to others; must be returned upon employment termination before a final check is distributed
- Office Technology – not for personal use
- Zero tolerance for theft at any time
- Define examples that may result in immediate termination of employment
- false information or misrepresentation
- breach of confidentiality
- theft or dishonesty
- conviction of a felony
- misuse of office funds, equipment, computers, or telephone
- punching the time clock for another employee
- drug or alcohol abuse
Author(s)
Stuart J. Oberman, Esq.
Stuart J. Oberman is the founder and President of Oberman Law Firm. Mr. Oberman graduated from Urbana University and received his law degree from John Marshall Law School. Mr. Oberman has been practicing law for over 30 years, and before going into private practice, Mr. Oberman was in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 Company.
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