SMALL BUSINESS POLICY TEMPLATE

Company Name	YOUR LOGO
123 Company Address Drive
Fourth Floor, Suite 412
Company City, NY 11101
321-654-9870
POLICY NAME	POLICY NO.
EFFECTIVE DATE	DATE OF LAST REVISION	VERSION NO.
ADMINISTRATOR RESPONSIBLE	CONTACT INFORMATION
APPLIES TO Apply group names to define applicable areas of staff.
GROUP 1	GROUP 2	GROUP 3
GROUP 4	GROUP 5	GROUP 6

VERSION HISTORY
VERSION	APPROVED BY	REVISION DATE	DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE	AUTHOR

POLICY TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction and Overview	3

Employee Policies	3

Workplace Safety	3

Employee Conduct	3

Disciplinary	3

Equal Opportunity	3

Attendance and Time-off	3

Substance Abuse	3

Internet, Device, and BYOD Policies	3

Customer-Facing Policies	3

Late Payment	3

Work Hours	3

Money-Back Policies and Return Policies	3

Introduction AND OVERVIEW

Describe the purpose of the policy.

employee policies

workplace safety

Injuries can happen to any team member throughout the organizational hierarchy.

employee conduct

An employee conduct policy establishes the duties and responsibilities each employee must adhere to as a condition of employment. Conduct policies provide guidelines for appropriate employee behavior and outline things such as proper dress code and harassment policies. A policy also describes how an employer may discipline inappropriate behavior, including warnings or employee termination.

Disciplinary

Outline employee expectations before you ever need to embark on any disciplinary course, including work termination. You must include regular evaluations and disciplinary write-ups.

Equal Opportunity

Equal opportunity laws promote fair treatment in the workplace regarding race, gender, sexual orientation, or religious and cultural beliefs. Equal opportunity policies include anti-discrimination and affirmative action policies. In addition, these policies discourage inappropriate behavior from employees, supervisors, and independent contractors.

Attendance and Time-Off

Attendance policies describe expectations for scheduling time-off and notifying superiors about unexpected absences or tardiness. Attendance policies also detail consequences for extended absences and failure to adhere to schedules.

Substance Abuse

Substance abuse policies prohibit the use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco products during work hours, on company property, or during company functions. If smoking is permitted on the premises, smoking areas are described. Describe drug testing schedules, if any, and procedures should employees test positive for banned substances.

Internet, Device, and BYOD Policies

These policies protect not only your network and assets from potential cyber intrusions and breaches, but they also protect you from potential liability should an employee commit a crime using company devices and network resources.

Customer-Facing Policies

Late Payment

Establish when your customers are expected to pay before you engage in trade.

Work Hours

Be clear with customers about when they can expect to deal with customer service, and consider how you will deal with rush jobs before someone requests one.

MONEY-BACK POLICIES AND RETURN POLICIES

Whether you have a brick-and-mortar or online store, decide before you ever conduct trade what kind of return policy you’ll pursue and how firmly you will support it. Post this in your store or on your website.

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