Unlike the procedure manual, policy manuals set the course of action to be taken regarding day-to-day business. The SGM Policy Manual CD can be converted into your company’s policy manual in just a few minutes. You can then modify it so that it fits your company profile. The SGM Policy Manual consists of the following items:

• Introduction statement
  
• Employment Acknowledge Form
  
• Nature of employment
  
• Employee relations
  
• Equal employment opportunity
  
• Hiring relatives
  
• Employment medical examinations
  
• Immigration laws compliance
  
• Conflicts of interest
  
• Outside employment
  
• Nondisclosure
  
• Employment categories
  
• Access to personnel files
  
• Employee reference checks
  
• Personnel data changes
  
• Adjustment period
  
• Employment applications
  
• Performance evaluations
  
• Employee benefits: childcare; holidays; sick; annual leave; time off to vote; bereavement; jury duty; witness duty; COBRA
  
• Timekeeping
  
• Termination of employment
  
• Pay days
  
• Severance pay
  
• Work schedules
  
• Safety
  
• Pay deductions
  
• Administrative corrections
  
• Use of telephones
  
• Business travel and expenses
  
• Overtime
  
• Smoking rules
  
• Medical leave
  
• Military leave
  
• Family leave
  
• Employee conduct
  
• Work rules
  
• Attendance
  
• Sexual harassment
  
• Drug and alcohol use
  
• Personal appearance
  
• Return of property
  
• Solicitation
  
• Internal security inspections
  
• Resignations
  
• Illness in the work place