Disciplinary Penalties Chart
LIGHT OFFENSES
- Infractions related to general procedures that less largely affect, hamper main operations and
involve minimal cost.
PENALTIES PER COLUMN
First Offense – Written warning to First Offense – Suspension for 12 days or
suspension for 1 day to 3 dismissal.
days.
Second Offense – Dismissal.
Second Offense – Suspension for 3 days to 6
days.
Third Offense – Suspension for 6 days to
12 days.
Fourth Offense – Suspension for 12 days to
dismissal.
1. A) Permitting another to use one’s ID, B) Any act of fraudulent
or using another’s ID, or altering or misrepresentationincluding but not limited to
falsifying ID card. intentionalfailure to report name and other
detailsof previous employer/s and similar acts.
2. Failure or refusal to wear, show or
surrender ID Card, or failure or refusal to
show or surrender Company Driver’s
Permit or License at the reasonable
request of any authorized Company
personnel or member of the Security
Force on duty on Company premises.
3. Unexcused tardiness.
4. Wasting time or loitering during working
hours or taking more than the allowable
break time privilege.
5. Sleeping during work hours. If sleeping causes injuryor loss of life or damage
to Company property or impaired work
performance.
6. Sleeping within Company premises
unless authorized by management.
7. Entering Company premises after
working hours without any official
business.
8. Distributing election paraphernalia or
other subversive or defamatory materials
on company premises, unless authorized
by management.
9. Posting or removal of any printed or
written matter from the Company bulletin
board at any time unless specifically
authorized by Management, or
deliberately defacing or making
unnecessary written remarks on notices
put up by the Company, including
reports/communications (if slanderous,
outright DISMISSAL).
10. A) Unauthorized use of Company C) Use of Company equipment, personnel and/or
equipment, personnel and/or materials for personal enrichment.
materials.
B) Permitting another to use one’s ID, or
using another’s ID, or altering or
falsifying ID card.
11. Gambling or engaging in bookmaking in
the Company premises or on Company
time.
12. Failure to comply annual P.E. or Medical
check-up, as well as failure to attend
other management-initiated lectures
unless otherwise excused.
13. Violation of Departmental Rules and
Regulations.
14. Non-compliance with the following
Information Security Policies.
A) Computer Policy
A.1) Receiving, viewing, sharing or
distributing any materials that may
be deemed offensive or which are
prohibited by the Company Policy
using the Client’s resources, like
commercial or personal
advertisements; solicitations or
promotions of any outside business;
political lobbying or promotion of
political activities; any commercial
purpose other than official business
of the Client.
B) Computer Use Policy
B.1) Unauthorized access or use of
an individual’s account.
B.2) Failure to protect passwords or
disclosure or sharing of passwords or
user IDs with anyone except in
specific approved situations.
C) Clear Desk Policy
Failure to safely keep sensitive
documents or removable media
containing sensitive information.
D) Internet Connection Policy
Accessing inappropriate internet sites
throughClient’s facilities and
equipment.
E) Prohibited Internet Activity
Downloading of freeware or
shareware without approval or using
the internet for playing games or
publishing personal Web Sites using
Client’s property.
F) Copyright Policy
Loading or installing pirated
(unlicensed) software on Client’s
machines.
LESS GRAVE OFFENSES
- Infractions related to main operations and country’s regulations on traffic that involve
significant cost.
PENALTIES PER COLUMN
First Offense –Suspension for 1 day First Offense – Suspension for 1 First Offense –
to 6 days. day to 12 days. Suspension for 12
days to dismissal.
Second Offense – Suspension for 6 days Second Offense – Suspension
to 12 days. for 12 days
to dismissal.
Third Offense – Dismissal.
15. Making false statements or
deliberately lying during formal
investigation.
16. Absence without permission. Absence for six (6)
consecutive days
without permission
and without
justifiable cause.
17. Leaving work station without
justifiable reason or without
permission.
18. Failure to report for Company
mandated and scheduled overtime,
work on rest days/Sundays or
Holidays without good reason.
19. Reporting for work or entering
Company premises while under
the influence of liquor.
20. Drinking any alcoholic beverage
on Company time and/or premises
unless authorized.
21. Inappropriate/indecent behavior or
conduct unbecoming of an
employee on company time,
property or premises, where the
acts are such as to render the
employee incapable of performing
his duties properly, or likely to
injure the Company’s business or
reputation, or are shocking to
common decency.
22. Use of abusive language or
making false rumors or malicious
statements about or against any
employee, the Company or its
products.
23. Requesting for a sick leave or
leave of absence alleging any false
cause.
24. Prying into or scrutinizing
Company records without
authority.
25. To remove reject Company
products from Company premises
without authority.
26. Using or operating Company A) Under the influence of
vehicles, or machinery or liquor.
equipment without valid Company
Driver’s Permit or Driver’s B) If an accident occurs.
License.
C) Employee authorizing such
action shall likewise be
meted a similar penalty.
27. Failure to observe traffic and A) Resulting to property
safety rules and/or regulations. damage and/or injury to
self or others.
B) Under the influence of
liquor.
28. Negligence or mistake which:
A) Affects the safety of Company
personnel or causes Company
machine, vehicle or equipment
to be idle or useless.
B) Impairs work performance
and/or operations or loss or
damage to Company’s or
other’s property.
29. Allowing person/s to ride on
Company Farm
vehicle/equipment.
A) Without authority to ride.
B) If during unauthorized ride,
resulted injury to self or
others.
C) Equipment not for riding of
passengers.
D) Allowing passengers beyond a
unit’s allowable capacity.
30. Allowing or authorizing outsider B) Resulting in damage to
to operate and/or drive company equipment and/or other’s
vehicle, equipment or machinery. property, including injury
to self or others.
A) Not resulting in damage to
equipment, parts or materials
or personal injury to self or
others.
31. Abandoning Company vehicle or B) If it resulted to damage or
equipment or machinery from loss of Company property
Worksite without proper turnover or disruption of operation.
or authority.
A) Without damage.
32. Operating Company vehicles C) If an accident happens as a
and/or equipment without the result of operating
following parts, or if the same are company
defective: vehicles/equipment with
defective safety
B) Spare tire, early warning equipment/mechanism.
device, jack and wrench.
C) Brakes, headlights, brake
lights, steering mechanism,
signal lights, tail lights, panel
lights, and/or windshield
wiper.
33. Failure to report loss of, or damage
done, to Company’s property or
other’s property within 24 hours
from incident without justifiable
excuse.
34. Knowingly filling daily time
report of another or having same
record punched or timed in by
another employee.
35. Constructing/fabricating
unnecessary or prohibited
infrastructure, including use of
Company or other’s properties.
36. A) Failure to disclose any
required information which would
prejudice the Company.
B) Failure to disclose all relatives
within the 4th degree of
consanguinity or affinity
working in or doing business
with the Company and their
position/assignment/nature of
business.
37. Failure to disclose any conflict of If conflict of interest
interest situation that an employee prejudices the
or director is involved in an Company in any
activity, or has a personal interest, manner or favorable
that might interfere with that treatment is accorded
person’s objectivity in performing to any third party by
Client’s duties and responsibilities. virtue of said position
or assignment.
38. Failure to follow specific
instructions resulting in the
disruption of operations or losses
to the Company, or impaired work
performance, or damage to
property.
39. Incurring 3 demerits for violation
of work instructions not otherwise
covered by other provisions of the
DPC.
GRAVE OFFENSES
- Infractions related to main operations that involve significant cost, affect company’s procedures
and system, and country’s regulations on prohibited drugs and conviction of a crime.
PENALTIES
First Offense – Suspension for 6 days to dismissal.
Second Offense – Dismissal.
40. Falsifying personnel or Company records and/or reports.
41. Deliberately slowing down work or restricting output in engaging in sabotage.
42. Insubordination or willful disobedience to reasonable request of management, including refusal to
accept job assignment.
43. Unauthorized possession of firearms, explosives or deadly weapons inside Company premises or
work sites or during company events.
44. Illegal discharge of firearms within Company premises or during company events.
45. Fighting or provoking and/or instigating a fight on Company premises or during company events.
46. Assaulting, threatening or coercing any individual/s by the use of deadly weapons insofar as such
actions affect working relations.
47. Stealing or dishonesty in any sort, including removal of Company’s or others’ property (including
grower’s) without prior authorization.
48. A) Offering or receiving money, gifts or favor in exchange for a job or any change in
working conditions.
B) Soliciting money or gifts from a supplier, customer, partner, contractor, sub-
contractor or other person or entity doing business with the Company.
C) Employee seeking or accepting from anyone or offer or give to anyone anything of
value as a condition or result of doing business with the company unless consistent
with accepted business practices, applicable laws and ethical standards or the gifts
are of token value provided they are not frequent or excessive in number.
49. Commission of a crime or offense against the person of his employer or any immediate member
of his family, or his duly authorized representatives, in relation to the employee’s duties, or if
such conviction or charge renders him incapable of performing his duties.
50. A) Possession, use, trafficking or selling of prohibited drugs or substance in the
Company premises.
B) Employees found positive of use of prohibited drugs or substance, as determined by the result
of a drug test conducted by an authorized Drug Testing Center and after refusal to undergo
rehabilitation.
C) Regardless of the prescribed time, an employee found positive after rehabilitation shall be
considered second offense.
51. Gross and habitual neglect of duties and responsibilities imposed by the Company.
52. Fraud or willful breach or abuse of the trust reposed by the Company.
53. Consistent inefficiency in work performance for three consecutive evaluation.
54. Having any direct or indirect financial interest in the business of a supplier, customer, partner,
contractor, sub-contractor or other person or entity doing business with the Company, unless
otherwise disclosed and authorized.
55. Divulging any trade or confidential or material non-public information to anyone except if
authorized or legally mandated without any official sanction.
56. Prolonged absence of at least 1 Calendar month that has rendered employee unable to dispose of
his duties and responsibilities.
