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A. INTRODUCTION<br />

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTORY POLICIES<br />

This Employee Handbook (the “Handbook”) is designed to familiarize you with the policies, practices, and<br />

benefits of Savant (“Savant” or the “Company”).<br />

Although the Handbook is <strong>no</strong>t a contract and is <strong>no</strong>t intended to create any expressed or implied<br />

contractual obligations, you are required to read and understand the provisions of the Handbook.<br />

Circumstances will undoubtedly require that the policies, practices and benefits described in the<br />

Handbook change from time to time. Accordingly, except for the at-will employment policy and other<br />

federally and state mandated policies, the Company reserves the right to revise, modify, rescind, delete<br />

or add to the provisions of this Handbook from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion. Such<br />

modifications must be in writing and must be signed by the HR Director of the Company. The Company<br />

will attempt to provide you with <strong>no</strong>tification of such changes when they occur. No oral statements or<br />

representations can in any way change or alter the provisions of this Handbook.<br />

This Handbook contains a summary of the Company’s policies and practices. All previously issued<br />

<strong>handbook</strong>s and any inconsistent policy or benefit statements or memoranda are superseded.<br />

B. AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT<br />

Employment at the Company is employment at will. Employment at will may be terminated by the<br />

Company or <strong>employee</strong> with or without cause and with or without <strong>no</strong>tice at any time. Nothing in this<br />

Handbook or in any document or statement shall limit the right to terminate employment at will. No<br />

<strong>employee</strong> of the Company has any authority to enter into any agreement for employment for a specified<br />

period of time or to make any agreement or representation contrary to the Company's policy of<br />

employment at will. Only the CEO/President of the Company has the authority to make any such<br />

agreement, which must be in writing.<br />

C. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY<br />

This Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit<br />

and business needs. The Company does <strong>no</strong>t unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion,<br />

age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sex (which includes sexual harassment, gender<br />

harassment, and harassment based on pregnancy, childbirth, abortion, or related medical conditions),<br />

marital status, membership in the uniformed services, or any other basis protected by state or federal law.<br />

In addition, the Company prohibits the harassment of any individual on any of the bases listed above. For<br />

information about the types of conduct that constitute unlawful harassment and the Company's internal<br />

procedures for addressing complaints of harassment, please refer to the Company's Policy against<br />

Harassment located on the next page of this Handbook.<br />

To comply with applicable laws ensuring equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a<br />

disability, the Company will make reasonable accommodations for the k<strong>no</strong>wn physical or mental<br />

limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant or an <strong>employee</strong> unless<br />

undue hardship would result.<br />

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