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A legal compliance and ethics officer (LCEO) usually can be expected to
review the employee handbook and make constructive comments.
For example, in most states it is important to assert in the employee
handbook that the employee is an at will employee and the handbook does not
create any rights of the employee.
In Arizona the seminal case is Demasse v. ITT Corp.., 194 Ariz. 500; 984 P.2d
1138 (1999). The language the LCEO would pull from that case and probably
suggest for Arizona employers consists of the following:
- "Nothing contained herein shall be construed as a guarantee of
continued employment and [the employer] does not guarantee continued
employment to employees and retains the right to terminate or layoff
employees."
- “Within the limits allowed by law, [employer] reserves the right to
amend, modify or cancel this handbook, as well as any or all of the various
policies, rules, procedures and programs outlined in it."
- "Specific provisions of policies, rules, procedures and programs
supersede [] the contents of this handbook"
This is just one example of the areas into which the LCEO will make
investigations and suggestions. |
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