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GENEllAL INTRODUCTION
This handbook is designed to summarize many of the company's personnel
policies and to acquaint employees with the rules concerning employment with
the company. The company's developing and chang ing business will require
modifications of these policies from time to time. The company retains the right,
in its sale and absolute discretion, to make decisions involving employment as
needed and reserves the right to modify, rescind, delete or add to the provisions
of this handbook, with the exception of the employment~at~w i ll provisions, which
may be mqdified only as stated below. The company will attempt to provide
notification of any cl1anges as th ey occur.
The company cer1ainly hopes that it and every employee will find the
employment relationship satisfying and rewarding. At the same time, it
recognizes that relationships' are not always mutually satisfactory. TO PROTECT
BOTH PARTIES' RIGHTS, IT SHOULD BE REMEMBERED THAT THE
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP IS TERMINABLE AT WILL, AT THE OPTION
OF ANY EMPLOYEE OR THE EMPLOYER. Moreover, no one in the
organization, other than the President of the Company, has the authority or legal
ability to modify the at-will nature-af the employment relationship. The President
may do so on ly if it is done specifically in a written agreement that is signed by
both the President and the employee. This represents an integrated agreement
with respect to the at-will nature of the employment relationship .
. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
The company believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment
opportunity and does not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants
because of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry,
citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical
condition, domestic partner status, or sexual orientation. Equal employment
opportunity will be extended to all persons in all aspecls of the employer·
employee relationship, including recru itment, hiring, upgrading , training,
promotion, transfer, disci pline, layoff, recall and termination . All employment
decisions will comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination in
employment, including Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans wilh Disabilities Act of
1990, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and any applicable state laws.
Employees may discuss equal employmen t opportunity related question with lhe
human resources representative or any other member of management.
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