Office Employee Handbook
Notice
Section 1 : Welcome

  • Welcome to Tempco
  • Brief Summary of Tempco’s History
  • Your Employee Handbook

Section 2 : The Employment Process

  • Pay Transparency Policy (Effective January 1, 2024)
  • Application for Employment
  • Pre-Employment Screening
  • Pre-Employment Credit Investigation
  • Federal Law Eligibility Requirements for Employment
  • Driver Record Inquiry
  • Medical Examinations
  • Drug & Alcohol-Free Workplace Policy
  • Drug & Alcohol Screening & Testing

Section 3 : Getting Started

  • Quality: Our Most Important Product
  • Orientation
  • Equal Employment Opportunity
  • Illinois Human Rights Act
  • Complaint Procedure
  • Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Religious Accommodation
  • Pregnancy Accommodation
  • Illinois Equal Pay Compliance
  • Pay Transparency

Section 4 : Benefits

  • Employment Category
  • Company Benefits
  • Group Insurance
  • Wellness Benefits
  • Group Health Plan Privacy Rules
  • Insurance Continuation
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Holidays
  • Personal Holidays
  • Vacations
  • Paid Time Off Policy (Effective January 1, 2024)
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • 401(k) Savings Investment Plan
  • Statutory Benefits
  • Light Duty Policy
  • Unemployment Compensation
  • Disclaimer – Plan Document Controls

Section 5 : Your Employment

  • Working Together
  • Service with the Company
  • You & Your Immediate Supervisor
  • Smoking, Tobacco & Vaping Policy
  • Workplace Violence
  • Whistleblower Policy
  • Hours of Work
  • Lunch Period
  • Kitchen Area
  • Nursing Mothers Break Period for the Purpose of Expressing Milk
  • Electronic Sign-In/Payroll System
  • Tempco’s Biometric Information Privacy Policy
  • Dependability & Promptness
  • Employment of Relatives
  • Outside Employment
  • Transfer of Employees
  • Separation of Employment
  • Re-Employment

Section 6 : Performance Appraisal & Pay

  • Performance Appraisal
  • Payroll Information
  • Paydays
  • Wages
  • Deductions from Your Pay
  • Review your Pay Stub
  • Payroll Status
  • Working Overtime
  • Employee Classification
  • Exempt Employees
  • Non-Exempt Employees
  • Out-of-Pocket Expenses
  • Emergency Shutdowns
  • Lost Paychecks
  • To Report Errors in Pay
  • Authorized Check Pickup
  • Salary Advances

Section 7 : Work Practices

  • Reporting Absence
  • Attendance Control
  • Company Information Monitors
  • Bulletin Boards
  • Handling Complaints & Employee Problems
  • Employee Meetings
  • Employee Suggestion System
  • Work Performed Off Premises
  • Company Property

Section 8 : Time Away From Work

  • Family & Medical Leave
  • Disability Leave
  • Pregnancy & Parental Leave Policy
  • Witness & Victims of Crime Leave
  • Victims’ Economic Security & Safety Leave
  • Personal Leave
  • Paid Bereavement Leave
  • Unpaid Bereavement Leave
  • Child Extended Bereavement Act Leave
  • Civil Air Patrol Leave
  • Election Judge Leave
  • Jury Service
  • Witness Duty Leave
  • Volunteer Emergency Worker Leave
  • Voting
  • Military Leave
  • Family Military Leave
  • Annual Military Reserve Training
  • Discrimination & Retaliation Prohibited Related to Military Service
  • School Conference & Activity Leave
  • Religious Leave
  • Blood Donation Leave

Section 9 : Safety, Health
& Emergency Procedures

  • Employee Illness
  • Employee Accidents
  • Family Emergency
  • Illness or Accident of Non-Employees
  • Robbery
  • In Case of Fire
  • Emergency Evacuation Procedures
  • Safety & Health
  • No Retaliation
  • Security
  • Zero Tolerance for Workplace Violence
  • Access to Company Premises
  • Chemical Safety & Hazardous Wastes
  • Protective Clothing & Footware, Safety Glasses

Section 10 : Company Rules

  • Introduction
  • Drug & Alcohol-Free Workplace Policy
  • On-the-Job Use, Possession, Sale, Distribution or Manufacture
  • Bribes, Kickbacks & Other Illegal Payments
  • Cameras or other Recording Devices in the Workplace
  • Confidentiality of Company Information
  • Conflict of Interest
  • Gifts & Favors
  • Employee Personnel Records
  • Keep Us Posted
  • Reference Check Inquiries
  • Grooming & Attire
  • Footwear
  • Social Media
  • Parking
  • Patents & Copyrights
  • Personal Mail
  • Solicitation & Distribution
  • Use of Company Forklifts
  • Use of Company Materials, Tools & Equipment
  • Use of Company Telephones
  • Cell Phone Usage
  • Proper Use of the E-mail System & Internet
  • Use of Company Vehicles
  • Workplace Privacy

Section 11 : Standards of Conduct

  • Disciplinary Policies
  • Unacceptable Behavior
  • Summary