Employee Handbook

RECORDS OF FORMER EMPLOYEES

All requests for employment verification shall be referred to the Human Resources Department. Response to telephone requests for employment verification will only acknowledge employment, position, and dates of employment.

Supervisors and Department Heads are not authorized to give employment references to any outside person, organization, or agency. Any variance from this policy must be approved by the City Manager.

REMEDIES OF EMPLOYEES OBJECTING TO MATERIAL IN FILE

An employee who objects to material in his/her file may place a statement in the file relating to the material considered to be inaccurate or misleading.

DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS REGULATED

No public official may destroy, sell, loan, or otherwise dispose of any public record, except in accordance with TCA 10-7-702 et seq.

IMPLEMENTATION OF PERSONNEL POLICY

CONFLICTING POLICIES REPEALED

All policies or resolutions that conflict with the provisions of these policies are hereby repealed.

SEPARABILITY

If any provision of these policies or any rule, regulation or order thereunder or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of these policies and the application of such remaining provisions of these policies or such rules, regulations or orders to persons or circumstances other than those held invalid will not be affected thereby.

VIOLATIONS OF POLICY PROVISIONS

An employee violating any of the provisions of these policies shall be subject to suspension and/or dismissal, in addition to any civil or criminal penalty that may be imposed for the violation of the same.

EFFECTIVE DATE

These policies are enacted by the Athens City Council and are effective as of the 1st day of July, 2019.