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The Piper
Associate Handbook
1. Exempt Associates: Associates, who are salaried, eligible for all benefits, perform managerial, administrative or professional duties are exempt from the minimum wage, and overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (Wage and Hour Law) as amended. Exempt associates normally perform their work during normal business hours and must meet attendance standards.
2. Non-Exempt Associates: Associates who are eligible for the overtime pay and minimum wage regulation provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (Wage and Hour Law) as amended. These Associates comply by reporting all time worked through our timekeeping system. All hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week are compensated with overtime pay.
3. Regular Full-Time Associates: Associates who normally work at least 30 hours per week are eligible for all Associate benefits.
4. Regular Part-Time Associates: Associates who average less than 60 hours per pay period. Part- time associates are paid hourly and are ineligible for regular full-time associate benefits. If part- time associates become regular full-time associates, they will be eligible for paid benefits on the same schedule as a new hire full-time associate. Benefit waiting periods will be effective from the date regular full-time associate status begins.
5. Temporary Full-Time Associates: Associates who are hired with the understanding that employment will be of a limited duration, such as the summer months or for a specific project or to fill in for an extended leave of absence. The hours will normally be over 60 per pay period. Temporary associates are paid hourly and are ineligible for regular full-time Associate benefits. If temporary associates become regular full-time associates, they will be eligible for paid benefits on the same schedule as a new hire full-time associate. Benefit waiting periods may be waived if the associate has maintained full time hours during their service.
6. Temporary Part-Time Associates: Associates who are hired with the understanding that employment will be of a limited duration. Temporary part-time associates are paid hourly, work less than an average of 72 hours per pay period, and are ineligible for regular full-time associate benefits. If temporary associates become regular full-time associates, they will be eligible for paid benefits on the same schedule as a new hire full-time associate. Benefit waiting periods will be effective from the date regular full-time Associate status begins.
Disclosing Information on Associates, Current and Former
To protect associate legal rights to privacy, all requests for information or verification of employment on current or former associates must be referred to Human Resources. Banks, finance companies, government agencies, etc. may make such requests. The Piper will release only job related factual information, including dates of employment, job title, and eligibility for rehire. Any other information, such as salary, requires written authorization from the associate or former associate.
Anyone who receives a telephone inquiry or a written Request for Verification of Employment must forward the request to Human Resources immediately. No comments about or evaluations of performance are to be given out by anyone other than Human Resources.
Confidentiality
The confidentiality of any information received by the employer through a substance abuse testing program shall be maintained, except as otherwise provided by law.
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