You are the director of human resources of a new corporation that manufactures air conditioners. The board of directors has asked you to prepare an employee manual that includes several policies for the company's employees, including engineers, lawyers, salespersons, marketing personnel, finance workers, and so on. The project's name is Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual and begins in Unit 1 and continues through all units, culminating in Unit 5.

In Part 1 of the Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual, your team will start the research necessary for the employee manual. You will begin with drafting your company's Separation of Employment and Noncompete Policies.

Your company's Separation of Employment and Noncompete Policies must include details for the following topics:

• Noncompete restrictions
  • Please discuss which instances employees would be subject to noncompete agreements.
• The policy and procedure for the employee's separation by voluntary resignation
  • Please make sure that you discuss sick leave, vacation leave, and the necessary notice that the employer requires.
• The policy and procedure for the employee's separation by termination
• The policy and procedure for the employee's separation by retirement
• The policy and procedure for the employee's separation by disability
• The policy and procedure for the employee's separation by death
• The policy and procedure for the employee's workforce reduction
  • Please make sure that you discuss the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act.
• The policy and procedure for rehire, re-instatement, and re-employment

Deliverable Requirements

Your Separation of Employment and Noncompete Policies must be at least 5 pages written in APA style with 3 APA-formatted sources. You should cite the applicable law used as a basis for your policy and note any employment manuals that you used to create the policies. The title and reference pages do not count as part of the 5 pages.

Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:

• Title page: Remember the running head. The title should be in all capitals.
• Length: 5 pages minimum
• Body: This begins on the page following the title page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs). The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics, except as required for APA-level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 5 pages. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
• Reference page: References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hanging indent, italics, and uppercase and lowercase usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the Reference page is not a bibliography but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-body citation.