COMPANIES POLICIES

COMPANIES POLICIES

I.Personal Policies and ProcedureUnder this heading, one may find work schedule where rules on attendance and punctuality are stated, working days and hours, as well as break periods.One may find also the work requirements such as uniforms, identification cards, locker rooms, and annual physical and medical examination.II.Employee benefits.Usually, part II of a handbook, code or bulletin pertains to employee benefits. One is informed of bonuses and allowance, paid leave of absence, hospitalization and medical benefits, free protective equipment, insurance coverage, personal loan assistance benefits and retirement and death benefits.

THE OBJECTIVES OF COMPANY RULES AND REGULATIONSThe objectives of company rules and regulations may not be exactly the same for all companies but they redound to the following:1.to promote order, discipline, and harmony among employees by establishing a code of a conduct in the company in order to achieve efficiency in the operations of the company, to prevent taking advantage of fellow employees, and to ensure that each employee fulfills his obligations to the company.

2.To protect the rights of every employee by clearly specifying what may or may not be properly done under specified circumstances. as a general policy, all employees are enjoined by their respective companies to faithfully comply with existing policies, rules and regulations. many of the rules and regulation adopted by companies are those pertaining to the following cases which call for disciplinary action:

A. Cases for Discipline Action

1.EXCESSIVE TARDINESS- it has conceded to employees a leeway by tolerating late attendance which, however, in some companies should not be more than twice within a pay period.

2.FAILURE TO PUNCH TIME CARD-all authorized departures from the place of work in pursuance of company business or by reason of approved hourly leaves, and the arrivals there from, shall be accounted for by the employee in his time card. 3.ABSENCE WITHOUT LEAVE OR NOTICE- Any employee failing report to work without securing the previous written approval of his superiors shall be held in violation of this provision in certain companies cases of absence of such suddenness and urgency preventing the employee from securing the necessary application as per required procedure, a note or telephone call to the medical sub-department (if the reason is illness),or to employees immediate supervisor(if the absence be for any other reason)shall be sufficient notice to avoid being penalized under this provision.

4.LOAFING OR LOITORING-employees found idling away from place of work although within the premises of the company during working hours.

5.MALINGERING-an employee keeping away from his place of work shirking from his duties on the pretence of illness is guilty of malingering and shall be penalized under this heading upon recommendation by the company medical authorities to the employees division/department head.

6.DELEGATING THE PUNCHING OF TIME CARDS-personnel time cards shall be punched by no other than the employee named thereon.

7.SLEEPING DURING WORKING HOURS-Illness will not be allowed as an excuse from a person found sleeping during working hours.

8.DESERTION OF POST-any employee who during his scheduled hours of duty should abandon his post without authority and without any justifiable action shall be penalized under this provision.

9.FALSIFICATION OF COMPANY DOCUMENTS-forging,counterfeiting,unauthorized alteration,erasure,obliteration,or other wise falsifying company documents.

10.IMMORALITY:LEWDNESS-any employee who shall exhibit lewdness, either by word or action, or shall express.

11.DISRESPECT AND DISCOURTESY-employee shall, at all times, be respectful and courteous not only to their own superiors, but to all officials and employees of the company as well.

12.CONVICTION OF A CRIMINAL OFFENCE-the gravity of the crime committed shall be measure of the penalty to be imposed.

13.BETRAYAL OF COMPANY TRUST-employees who, to the detriment of the company and/or its employees, reveals or passes secrets and confidence or books, reports, data or other records of the company.

14.MISUSE AND MISHANDLING OF COMPANY PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT-company property and equipment are intended for the use of the employees in the furtherance of the company business.

15.FIGHTING WITHIN COMPANY PREMISES:DISORDERLY BEHAVIOR-it is against regulation to fight within the premises of the company. fighting spells less of manhours,expence,and slowing up operation.worse still,it introduces into our midstan atmosphere of violence that puts everyone ill at ease in fear of his own personal safety.

16.Misuse of Trip Pass/Reduced Rate privileges- It is intended for the enjoyment of employees and their independent only. They are therefore personal and non-transferrable 17. Intoxicationa. Any employee who imbibes, intoxicating liquors or beverages w/in company premises during his tour of duty therefore including meal or other breaks shall be subject to disciplinary action.An employee exhibiting signs of inebriation or drunkenness shall also be subject to disciplinary action.

18. Insubordination- One of the essential qualifications of a good employee is the willingness to follow orders issued by his superiors. Any employee who shall deliberately refuse to obey as ordered or shall otherwise urge or incite other employees to disobey or disregard order coming from a superior , shall be adjudged guilty of insubordination.19. Unauthorized Possession of Firearms or Deadly Weapons.The carrying of firearms or deadly weapons, whether licensed or not under special permits, within company premises, is strictly prohibited.

20. inciting or Participating in Riots or Disorders. -In relations between employees and management, or even among personnel themselves, there must xist cordiality and proper decorum at all times. When points of controversy arise and the parties cannot, for the moment see eye with each other there are certain rules of procedure for the peaceful and amicable settlement of grievances prescrippbepd, not only by working agreement, but also by the laws of the land, w/c must be followed.

21. Theft (Stealing Company Property or Personal Effects of the Others)Of the so many vices and vbad habits that humanity has been cursed with, stealing ranks among the lowest and bases of the lot. -Any employee caught removing or attempting to remove from company premises, w/out authority to do so, any equipment, tools, material, and/or supplies owned by the company, regardless of the condition or value of such property, or caught stealing personal belongings of co-emplloyees, shall be punished w/ disciplinary action.

22. Withholding and Diversion of Use of Company Funds.-The Diversion and use of company funds to serve an employees own purpose and charging the same to their personal accounts deprives the company of the use of such funds, and shall hold the offender punishable under these rules.

23. Malversation and Misappropriation of the Company Funds- Money belonging to the compsnyare entrusted to the employees for a definite purpose and objective. When such money is used for something other than what it was intended for, or when squandered or appropriated fot the personal benefit, and gain, the employee commits malversation and misappropriation of company funds and forfeits all rights to remain in the serice of the company.

24 misappropriation of Employees Wage Salaries and other Accounts-Any employee who , shall defraud another employee by collecting through any means the latters wages, salary or other accounts due from the company, and misappropriating the same, shall be liable for disciplinary action.

25. GamblingManagement cannot permit itself to become party to a deliberate violation of municipal laws, nor can it allow any of its personnel to bring disgrace to te companys name brought about by involvement in police raids and arrests w/in company premises. Gambling w.in the premises will not be permitted and indulging in the same will be penalized.

26. UsuryMoney lending at exorbitant rates of interest is definitely illegal and punishable by law. Management severely condemns usury as evil w/c does so much to place a large number of employees in desperate plight, thus adversely affecting personnel morale and efficiency. TO stamp out this pernicious offense, this will serve notice to any employee thus engaged w/ other employees as victim that management will not hesitate to report such practice to the proper authorities for prosecution, w/out prejudice to the disciplinary action herein provided.

27. Wanton Destruction of Company property- Any employee who, through a wilful act and motivate purely by a spirit of malicious mischief, destroys or cause to be destroyed any property belonging to the company, whatever it costs, shall be punished w/ disciplinary action.

28. Abuse of AuthoritySupervisors and other officials of the company who, for their own personal convenience, shall assign menial and servile tasks for execution by employees under their charge, or should impose upon them duties w/out official connection to their work w/ the company especially after working hours, or who shall lay hands on the person of subordinate, shall be held for the disciplinary action for abuse of authority.

B. Acts of Dishonesty and InfidelityIt is the declared company policy that any employee found to have committed any act of dishonesty or infidelity in the handling of company funds or property shall be terminated from the service of the company for cause.

The collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)-is a mutual agreement made and entered into by and between the company and the employees represented by the UNION. The purpose of the CBA is to eliminate the causes of industrial unrest by settling all issues, grievances and controversial matters of whatever kind between parties and to promote and improve the industrial and economic relations b/w the company and the Union by outlining.

Presented By :Louie E. Malazarte