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
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