Employee Handbook 2024

Employees are not permitted to retain copies of any documents or materials containing any Confidential Information upon separation. Resignation and/or retirement are voluntary acts initiated by the employee to terminate employment with Merritt. As a courtesy, Merritt asks employees intending to resign to provide two weeks’ notice of resignation. The notice should be given to a Team Leader. Merritt will consider the employee to have voluntarily terminated employment if the employee does any of the following: • Resigns from Merritt; • Does not return from an approved leave of absence on the date specified by Merritt; or • Fails to report to work and fails to call in for two or more working days in a row. An employee may be immediately terminated for any number of reasons, among them, poor performance, misconduct, excessive absences, tardiness, or other violations of Merritt rules. Merritt may need to terminate employment because of reorganization, job elimination or lack of work. Should Merritt decide that such termination is necessary, it will try to give as much Differences of opinion occasionally arise between individuals in any organization. We encourage open discussion so that employees’ questions can be promptly answered and any problems or complaints can be aired and discussed. Employees should not be reluctant to submit a question, issue or complaint. Merritt does not permit employees to be retaliated against or harassed. The management takes this commitment very seriously -- if you feel that you are being harassed or retaliated against because of this, you should report the harassment or retaliation to Human Resources or any Team Leader of Merritt. 9. MERRITT NOTIFICATION Official Merritt news and notices, and items of general interest to employees are sent to you in an appropriate manner. Where necessary, timely responses are required. It is the responsibility of each employee to read and act accordingly to any Merritt news or notices. Failure to do so may interfere with your eligibility to recover certain Merritt benefits. advance notice as is practical. 8. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

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