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  1. @147 CHAP ZZ
  2.  
  3.                         PERSONNEL POLICIES SUMMARY
  4.  
  5. >                       FOR:  @NAME                                    
  6. >                  [Enter subtitle, company name, etc. here]
  7. >                  ____________________________________________________
  8.  
  9.           1.  WORKING HOURS.   Describe briefly the policy you will set
  10.               for working hours, including starting time, how much time
  11.               will be allowed for lunch,  knocking-off time,  and which
  12.               days of the week employees will be expected to work.  If,
  13.               like many  companies these days,  you want to adopt  some
  14.               kind of "flex-time" system, spell out how that will work.
  15. >                  ____________________________________________________
  16. >                  ____________________________________________________
  17. >                  ____________________________________________________
  18. >                  ____________________________________________________
  19. >
  20.           2.  OVERTIME.   Outline your company policy on overtime work.
  21.               Refer to the "Legal Matters"  portion of this program for
  22.               an outline of  state and federal  labor law  requirements
  23.               for paying  overtime premiums.   Points to  consider here
  24.               will include:
  25.  
  26.                    (a) Whether you will pay "exempt" (administrative or
  27.                        professional)  employees overtime  if they  work
  28.                        extra hours, and
  29.  
  30.                    (b) Whether  you  will  require  employees to  first
  31.                        obtain permission before working overtime.
  32. >
  33. >                  ____________________________________________________
  34. >                  ____________________________________________________
  35. >                  ____________________________________________________
  36. >
  37.           3.  COMPENSATION.   Make a list of the job  positions in your
  38.               company other  than your own,  and the compensation level
  39.               for each.   Also write out a specific job description for
  40.               each position where indicated below in this worksheet (by
  41.               inserting  as  many  additional new  lines as  you need),
  42.               outlining  duties   and  responsibilities  for  each  job
  43.               position.
  44.  
  45.                                                                Total
  46.                          Position          Wage    Salary   Monthly Pay
  47. >                  ____________________   ______   ______    ________
  48. >                  ____________________   ______   ______    ________
  49. >                  ____________________   ______   ______    ________
  50. >                  ____________________   ______   ______    ________
  51. >                  ____________________   ______   ______    ________
  52. >
  53.           4.  VACATION POLICY.   Describe  how much paid  vacation your
  54.               employees  will  have,  how  this  may  increase after  a
  55.               certain  number of  years of service and whether vacation
  56.               time  and  sick  leave  time  off will be combined into a
  57.               single category for employees as some companies now do to
  58.               reward  employees who  do  not abuse  sick leave,  and to
  59.               discourage  others  from using  sick leave as  additional
  60.               vacation by playing "hooky."   Will you pay employees who
  61.               terminate for their unused vacation?   (The laws  of many
  62.               states require you to do so.)
  63. >
  64. >                  ____________________________________________________
  65. >                  ____________________________________________________
  66. >                  ____________________________________________________
  67. >
  68.           5.  SICK LEAVE POLICY. Outline your policy for both paid sick
  69.               leave and unpaid  sick leave,  or whichever you choose to
  70.               provide, if not both. (Note: Sick pay is no longer exempt
  71.               from FICA tax, in general.)
  72. >
  73. >                  ____________________________________________________
  74. >                  ____________________________________________________
  75. >                  ____________________________________________________
  76. >
  77.           6.  LEAVES OF ABSENCE.   What will  your  policy  be  towards
  78.               employees who request unpaid leaves of absence?
  79. >
  80. >                  ____________________________________________________
  81. >                  ____________________________________________________
  82. >                  ____________________________________________________
  83. >
  84.           7.  TIME OFF WITH PAY.   Will you provide other time off with
  85.               pay for such eventualities as  funerals or emergencies in
  86.               an employee's immediate family?  Jury duty?  The birth of
  87.               a child?
  88. >
  89. >                  ____________________________________________________
  90. >                  ____________________________________________________
  91. >                  ____________________________________________________
  92. >
  93.           8.  PROMOTIONS AND EVALUATIONS.  Outline your firm policy for
  94.               evaluating  employees'  performance and  determining when
  95.               promotions will be made.
  96. >
  97. >                  ____________________________________________________
  98. >                  ____________________________________________________
  99. >                  ____________________________________________________
  100. >
  101.           9.  FRINGE BENEFITS. Consider which of the following employee
  102.               fringe benefits you will provide and indicate in specific
  103.               terms just what your  policy will be for each  that is to
  104.               be provided.
  105.  
  106. >                  (a) Medical Insurance. _____________________________
  107. >                  ____________________________________________________
  108. >                  (b) Long-term Disability Insurance. ________________
  109. >                  ____________________________________________________
  110. >                  (c) Life Insurance. ________________________________
  111. >                  ____________________________________________________
  112. >                  (d) Dental Insurance. ______________________________
  113. >                  ____________________________________________________
  114. >                  (e) Medical Expense Reimbursement. _________________
  115. >                  ____________________________________________________
  116. >                  (f) Child Care Benefits. ___________________________
  117. >                  ____________________________________________________
  118. >                  (g) Maternity Benefits. ____________________________
  119. >                  ____________________________________________________
  120. >                  (h) Pension or Profit Sharing Plans. _______________
  121. >                  ____________________________________________________
  122. >                  (i) Paid Holidays. _________________________________
  123. >                  ____________________________________________________
  124. >                  (j) Autos or Auto Allowances. ______________________
  125. >                  ____________________________________________________
  126. >                  (k) Expense Accounts. ______________________________
  127. >                  ____________________________________________________
  128. >                  (l) Employee Discounts on Purchases. _______________
  129. >                  ____________________________________________________
  130. >                  (m) Stock Options (if incorporated). _______________
  131. >                  ____________________________________________________
  132. >                  (n) Incentive Bonus Plan. __________________________
  133. >                  ____________________________________________________
  134. >                  (o) Other Fringe Benefits (describe). ______________
  135. >                  ____________________________________________________
  136.  
  137.           10. PLACEMENT FEES.  If you hire employees through  personnel
  138.               agencies or "headhunting" firms, will you or the employee
  139.               pay the placement fee charged by such agency?
  140. >
  141. >                  __________