O-2009-3129 approving updated Employee Policy Handbook

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1.02 Purpose of Personnel Policy Handbook The City of La Porte's personnel policies are designed to bring to the City's service a high degree of understanding, cooperation, efficiency, and unity through systematic, uniform application of personnel policies and practices. The principal objectives of the City's personnel management system include the following: The objectives of the personnel policies are as follows: • To promote good, and uniform and effective personnel practices as well as uniform administration in the management of the City's human resources. • To attract and retain qualified employees, and to provide such employees opportunities for professional growth so that they may serve the citizens of the city to the best of their ability. • To provide equitable and adequate compensation based upon individual merit and the relative duties and responsibilities of positions in the service of the City. • To promote high morale by the consistent administration of this chapter, and to protect of the rights and interests of all employees. 1.03 At -Will Employment Employment with the City is for no fixed or definite term. All employment by the City has been and continues to be at -will, except for those positions that may have a written contract approved by the City Council. The policies contained in the Employee Policies Handbook are not intended to create, nor are they to be construed to constitute, a contract between the City of La Porte and its employees. Nothing contained in these policies shall create an entitlement to, or property interest in, continued employment with the City. In that regard, both the employee and/or the City have the right to terminate employment at any time, with or without notice, and with or without cause. oil