This Employee Handbook is presented as a matter of information and has been prepared to inform you about the Company’s philosophy, employment practices, policies, the benefits provided to you as a valued worker, as well as the conduct expected from you. While this handbook is not intended to be a book of rules and regulations, it does include some important guidelines about which you should know.

This Employee Handbook will not answer every question you may have, nor would we want to restrict the normal question and answer interchange among us. It is in our person-to person conversations that we can better know each other, express our views, and work together in a harmonious relationship.

We hope this guide will help you feel comfortable with us. We depend on you – your success is our success. Please don’t hesitate to ask questions. Your manager will gladly answer them. We believe you will enjoy your work and your fellow employees here. We also believe you will find the Company a good place to work.

No one other than authorized management may alter or modify any of the policies in this Employee Handbook. No statement or promise by a supervisor, manager, or department head is to be interpreted as a change in policy, nor will it constitute an agreement with an employee.

Should any provision in this Employee Handbook be found to be unenforceable and invalid, such finding does not invalidate the entire Employee Handbook, but only the subject provision.