staffpershandbook 2011[1] - Flagler College

SECTION VI
DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE
VI.1 Work Rules
The College has adopted work rules to promote fair and even-handed treatment of all employees and to ensure that
employee working conditions will be free from dangerous, disrupting and costly behavior of others. The following
work rules are not intended to be a complete description of inappropriate conduct, but rather they set forth examples
of conduct the College considers to be grounds for discipline, up to and including discharge in appropriate
circumstances.
A. Refusing to obey the orders of a supervisor.
B. Destruction of or damage to the College’s property or the property of other employees.
C. A slow-down, interference or delay of work by an employee or of the work of other employees.
D. Theft or unauthorized possession of the College’s property or the property of other employees or of
students.
E. Bringing to the workplace any intoxicant, illegal drug or controlled substance. Reporting for work or being
on the job under the influence of (or having consumed) alcoholic beverages or having in the body any
illegal drugs or controlled substances, including marijuana (not prescribed by a physician).
F. Dishonesty, including falsifying an application for employment or other data requested by the College.
G. Immoral or indecent conduct.
H. Bringing to work, possessing or utilizing on the College’s premises any firearm, weapon, ammunition,
fireworks or explosives.
I. Fighting
J. Sleeping on the job
K. Unauthorized disclosure or acquisition of confidential information of the College.
L. Refusal to complete the assigned work schedule or leaving the job without the approval of the immediate
supervisor.
M. Clocking the time card of one employee by another, altering a time card or falsifying a time card.
N. Violating the College’s Code of Ethics or other policies.
O. Loitering or loafing during work hours.
P. Smoking, except in designated areas.
Q. Creating or contributing to unsanitary conditions,
R. Violating safety rules or practices.
S. Neglect of College equipment or property.
Flagler College at its option, may change, delete, suspend or discontinue parts or the policy in its
entirety, at any time and without prior notice. In the event of a policy change, employees will be
notified. Any such action shall apply to existing as well as future employees. Page 33