RESIGNATION AND EMPLOYEE REFERENCES

Employees resigning from Isaac’s Deli, Inc. are asked to give their department manager at least a two weeks notice whenever possible. Any employee with a current manager job code is expected to give a proper notice of 4 weeks. All resignations must be in writing and clearly indicate the last intended working day. The employee's supervisor will, in turn, promptly notify the Payroll Department of the employee's resignation. The original copy of the resignation should be forwarded to the Payroll Department. All company property, including an Employee Handbook, any manuals, business cards, PC equipment and software, uniforms, and keys must be returned prior to the end of the last working day.

Last working day/termination date is defined as the last day an employee is physically on the job. All employee benefit privileges cease upon an employee's date of termination.

Your final paycheck or paystub will be mailed to you on the normally scheduled pay date for hours worked through your termination date. The replacement cost of any property or funds not returned shall be deducted from an employee’s remaining paycheck(s) or other amounts otherwise payable as permitted by law.

Employee References

All employment reference inquiries on present or former employees must be referred to Isaac’s Deli, Inc. Corporate Office. Individual employees, supervisors, and officers should not, for their own protection, respond to direct inquiries of this type.

The information, conveyed by authorized individuals within Isaac’s Deli, Inc. Corporate Office responding to external inquiries of this type, is generally limited to the following:

  1. Hire date
  2. Termination date
  3. Title of last position held
  4. Verification of last salary, if provided by the individual making the inquiry

Personal references by current employees on former and current employees would be in conflict with the above and should not be given. If they are, the individual providing the reference is doing so as an individual, not as an agent of the Company, and the information given should deal with personal, not business/work related experiences or observations. Individuals providing references are potentially subjecting themselves to certain legal liabilities. Employees shall not use Isaac’s Deli, Inc. letterhead for this purpose.

RE-EMPLOYMENT POLICY

Policy

Effective 1/01/15, former employees who left Isaac’s Deli, Inc. in good standing with the company, may be considered for re-employment provided their qualifications are suitable for a vacant position. Re-employment eligibility must be confirmed with Isaac’s Deli, Inc’s Human Resource Department before a former employee can be re-employed.

Consideration

Generally, former Isaac’s Deli, Inc employees will be considered for employment in the same manner as other external job candidates. For a former employee requesting reemployment within one yearof prior employment, their eligibility (rehire status) at the time of separation determines whether the individual will be considered for reemployment. Employees whose separation from Isaac’s is longer thanone year may be rehired regardless of their rehire status at the time of separation except in cases where prior employment was terminated due to theft, harassment, violence, insubordination or engagement in illegal activities.

Former employees who have been rehired under this policy, will serve a probationary period in the position into which they were rehired in accordance with the Probationary Policy.

Employees who terminate for military duty may be reemployed in accordance with our Military Leave Policy.

Benefits

For an employee who is rehired within six months of their termination date, the break in service will not interrupt the length of service used to determine PTO accrual rates and amounts. However, any unused or unpaid PTO from prior employment period will not be restored.

Reinstatement of previous “benefits eligible” status for rehires is determined according to the rules of the Affordable Care Act and by additional criteria under Isaac’s “benefits eligible” qualifications.

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