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Penalties for infractions

1. For Offenses classified as MINOR OFFENSE

Occurrence of Infraction Committed Penalty/Sanction

1st Verbal Reprimand

2nd Written Warning

3rd Final Written Warning

4th Dismissal

2. For Offenses classified as MAJOR OFFENSE

Occurrence of Infraction Committed Penalty/Sanction

1 st Written Warning

2nd Final Written Warning

3rd Dismissal

3. For Offenses classified as GRAVE OFFENSE

Occurrence of Infraction Committed Penalty/Sanction

1st Final Written Warning

2nd Dismissal

4. For Offenses classified as TERMINABLE OFFENSE

Occurrence of Infraction Committed Penalty/Sanction

1st Dismissal
 I. Classification of infractions and corresponding sanction

1. Rules on Conduct and Decorum (General Behavior)

Type of Offense: Minor = Min, Major = Maj, Grave = Gra. Terminable = Ter
Instance: Verbal Reprimand (documented) = V, Written Warning= W, Final Warning = FW,
Dismissal = D

Nature/Description Type of 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

offense Instance Instance Instance Instance
1 Non-compliance to company Min V W FW D
prescribed office attire/dress
code/Company ID, etc.
2 Loafing or loitering or engaging in
unauthorized activity during
working hours; loitering in comfort
rooms, canteen/pantry, or co-
employees work station away from Maj W FW D
the subject's assigned place during
official working hours; causing
disruptions to work activities of
others during working hours.
3 Engaging in horseplay, committing
mischief, making pranks, running,
scuffing or throwing things or other
Maj W FW D
miss, improper or unnecessary acts
during office hours and within
Company premises.
4 Playing computer games on
Company-owned PCs, including
Gra FW D
those that come with the Operating
Systems package.
5 Gambling within working hours or
Maj W FW D
within Company premises.
6 Non-compliance with official orders
/official rules and regulations;
refusal to accept work assignments,
change of shift or work locations Maj W FW D
without instructions. justifiable
reason/s; refusal to carry out verbal
and written instructions.
7 Engaging in unauthorized personal Maj W FW D
solicitations during work hours and
inside Company premises, without
 approval from authority.
8 Eating and smoking in prohibited
Gra FW D
areas
9 Spreading rumors
or derogatory or libelous stories,
verbal and written; or intrigue
against
honor/integrity/reputation/good
name of the Company, its
management any official
Gra FW D
stockholders, immediate superiors
or co- employees. Distribution,
reproduction or printing of reading
materials as a campaign move
against goodwill or for malicious
intentions against company or any
company official.
10 Intoxication, i.e. drinking liquor or
wine or any intoxicating drink
within Company premises or
Ter D
entering
Company premises under the
influence of liquor/alcohol.
11 Acts of discourtesy/insult to
stockholders, company officers,
business associates, customers,
visitors, superior , colleagues, Gra FW D
using disrespectful, offensive,
malicious, obscene, defamatory
remarks.
12 Unauthorized solicitation of money,
commission, offer or promises or
materials favors from suppliers or Ter D
customers with which company has
a business relationship.
13 Any acts of Insubordination; Ter D
Willfully defying or disregarding
company authority. Disobeying,
delaying or non- execution, without
justifiable cause, any official
system/procedure or any direct or
instruction written or verbal, that
results to re-work, work stoppage,
 delay, accident, injuries, damage,
loss and prejudice to the
Company/Department. Refusal to
accept work assignment, change of
shift or work location/schedule
without justifiable reason/s; Refusal
to carry out verbal or written job or
work instructions issued by the
Immediate Supervisor and/or
Department Head.
14 Immoral acts done within the
Company premises or with co-
employees; Indecent, lewd or
immoral conduct/act as well as
grossly indecent utterances or acts
such as, but not limited to
Ter D
intentional and unatical practices,
or engaging in lany cos with the
come premise de eney or morally
standards,
such as, but not limited to sexual
exhibition, etc.
15 Showing or exhibiting pornographic
materials, pictures, films, or
Ter D
literature at any time inside
Company premises.
16 Any attempt to personally inflict or
cause bodily pain, harm, or injury
upon another, or have in fact
inflicted or caused said injuries
inside the Company premises or
within its immediate vicinity,
Ter D
through the use of friends, or
persons not connected with the
company: Fighting and assault
committed inside company
premises or injury to another
employee.
17 Any act constituting threat,
violence, provocation, coercion,
intimidation or assault against any Ter D
employee or Company official or
representative.
 18 Allowing/inviting/encouraging
/bringing-in/giving tacit consent
to/having knowledge of outsiders
Ter D
or persons not connected with the
Company to cause trouble or
damage to the Company's business.
19 Abuse of position in the Company
to gain profit or advantage from the
Company, its employees of Ter D
suppliers/customers and
prospective vendors & customers.
20 Bringing in or attempting to bring in
or carry firearms, explosives,
inflammable materials and other
Ter D
deadly weapons such as knife, ice
picks, etc. inside Company
premises.
21 Bringing, possession or taking any
drug prohibited by law inside the
Company premises; Pushing,
selling, supplying prohibited drugs
Ter D
to employees inside office
premises; or reporting for work
under the influence of prohibited
drugs and hallucinogens.

2. Rules on Reliability ( Attendance & Tardiness/Punctuality)

Nature/Description of Type of 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Infraction offence Instance Instance Instance Instance
1 Excessive Tardiness: an
accumulation of every thirty
Maj W FW D
minutes constitutes a single
offense.
2 Excessive Overbreak: taking break
for more than the specified
Maj W FW D
duration for the role, regardless of
the number of minutes.
3 Failure to Log IN/OUT: A total of
three (3) instances of failed log
Min V W FW D
IN / log OUT on this infraction
constitute a single offense
4 Unauthorized Undertime or Maj W FW D
 accumulation of thirty (30)
minutes in a month of tardiness
5 Abandonment of Post Leaving
one's work area/assigned
area/duty stations or going outside
company premises during
Gra FW D
designated working hours without
authorization. A single incident of
this infraction constitutes a single
offense.
6 Prolonged the task given for
personal reasons during work
hours; performing work of Gra FW D
personal nature during work
hours;
7 Unauthorized Absences: A single
occurrence of absence without
official leave for a specific day
constitutes a single offense.
Notification to Workforce Team
and Immediate
Supervisor/Manager must be done
two (2) hours before shift. The
following instances would fall
Maj W FW D
under this category: Absences not
validated by Knowingly giving false
testimony during an official
investigation authorized by the
documents , when required by the
Immediate Supervisor and or
Company Physician Absences work
despite disapproved leave
application.
8 Malingering or feigning illness to
Maj W FW D
avoid doing assigned work.
9 Absence Without Official Leave /
Abandonment Absences without
prior notice for five (5) consecutive
Ter D
days to report for work Other
similar or analogous offenses to
the foregoing.
10 Falsifying Time and/ or Maj W FW D
Attendance Sheets or causing
others to falsify one's time
 and/or attendance sheet; buddy
punching, etc.

3. Rules on Productivity(Performance)

Nature/Description Type of 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

offense Instance Instance Instanc Instance
e
1 Entertaining visitors for
personal reasons more than
15 minutes during work hours;
performing work of personal
nature during working hours; Maj W FW D
engaging in telephone
conversations more than 10
minutes not related to work
during work hours.
2 Sleeping during work hours;
Maj W FW D
Slack time on the job.
3 Not cooperating with others in
the completion of assigned Maj W FW D
work/project.
4 Unauthorized performance of
work not assigned as a task.
Offense may lead to Gra FW D
Terminable Offense depending
on the damage caused.
5 Negligence of Duty (Lapses in
the practice of diligence in the
performance of duties and
responsibilities; may lead to a
Terminable offense if gross or Gra FW D
done habitually. Each act of
negligence regardless of its
nature shall be counted as a
single offense.)
6 Participation in another Gra FW D
business engagement or
 outside employments without
prior consent of the Company.
7 Participation in a similar trade,
i.e. holding any position or
employment, with or without
compensation in any other
Ter D
business firm, which is
engaged in a similar line of
business or in competition
with the Company
8 Consistent inefficient/poor
quality of work/unsatisfactory
performance/below the
standard set forth by the
Company as documented Maj W FW D
through periodic or through
established reasonable
standards set, Gross and
habitual neglect of duties;

4. Rules on care of Company Property and Sanitation

Nature/Description Type of 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
offense Instance Instance Instance Instance
1 Contributing or causing poor
sanitary conditions and poor
Min V W FW D
housekeeping; littering
within Company premises
2
3 Failure to disclose any
infectious or contagious Gra FW D
ailment to the HR or clinic.
4 Non-compliance to security
Gra FW D
and safety rules.
5 Unauthorized bringing out
of Company equipment,
Gra FW D
files, records, documents or
properties.
 6 Vandalism on Company
Gra FW D
property.
7 Willful and Malicious
destruction of Company Ter D
property.

5. Rules on Security and Information

Nature/Description Type of 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
offense Instanc Instance Instanc Instance
e e
1 Unauthorized use of the
internet for non-business Gra FW D
related "chat".
2 Failure to notify
Supervisor and Human
Resources Department (HRD)
Min V W FW D
of changes in personal data
within seven (7) working days,
from said changes.
3 Unauthorized entry to
restricted areas of the Gra FW D
Company.
4 Not closing the locked
entrances to the High Security
area upon entry, thus, Maj W FW D
exposing it to unnecessary
security risk.
5 Sending e-mails or chat with
non-business related
Maj W FW D
attachments that are
pornographic or illegal.

6. Rules on Integrity

Nature/Description Type of 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

offense Instance Instance Instance Instance
1 Charging overtime work for Gra FW D
more than what was actually
 rendered for work, which is
not considered as overtime.
2
3

8 Furnishing the Company and/or its

employees with false information
Ter D
with intent to gain, in order to
deceive and gain advantage.
9 Falsification of employment
documents, including those
committed during pre-
employment or pre-regular
Ter D
physical/medical examination, as
well as reports submitted during
the course of employment with
the Company.
10 Obtaining supplies or materials on
fraudulent orders or connection
and/or collusion with principal
Ter D
violators of the same either as a
conspirator or an accessory or an
accomplice.
11 Any act constituting theft or
robbery or any attempt to commit
theft or robbery of any property Ter D
within or outside Company
premises.
12 Sabotage of Company operation
and/or doing acts inimical to the Ter D
Company interest.