City of Southport Personnel Handbook Acknowledgement
Please read the following Personnel Handbook and complete the acknowledgement form. If you have any questions, please email Human Resources Director Patti Fortuna.
About This Handbook/Disclaimer
This Handbook has been prepared to help employees find answers to many questions that they may have regarding their employment with the City of Southport. Please take the necessary time to read it.
We do not expect this handbook to answer every question you may have; Department Heads, Supervisors and Human Resources can also serve as major sources of information.
Neither this handbook nor any other verbal or written communication by a management representative is, nor shall be, an agreement, contract of employment, express or implied, or a promise of treatment in any particular manner in any given situation, nor does it confer any contractual rights whatsoever. The City of Southport adheres to the policy of employment at will, which permits the City or the employee to end the employment relationship at any time, for any reason, with or without cause or notice.
No City representative, other than the City Manager, may modify at-will status and/or provide any special arrangement concerning terms or conditions of employment in an individual case or generally, and any such modification must be in writing and signed. In all instances within this policy manual, any references to the City or management as it relates to decisions on employees or employment will refer to the City Manager or a designee of the City Manager, and the City Manager shall have the final decision and authority for all matters related to employment of any person employed with the City or any person seeking employment with the City, as provided by NC General Statutes and the City of Southport Board of Alderman. Decisions made by Human Resources will be made in consultation with, and under the authority of, the City Manager or a designee of the City Manager.
Many matters covered in his handbook are also described in separate City documents. Those City documents are always controlling over any statement made in this handbook or by any member of management.
This handbook states general City guidelines. The City may, at any time, in its sole discretion, modify or vary from anything stated in this handbook, with or without notice, except for the rights of the parties to end employment at will, which may only be modified by an express written agreement signed by the employee and the City Manager.
This handbook supersedes all prior handbooks.