# GDC- Welcome

# Our Company

Welcome to **Goodwind Development Corporation!** We are delighted that you have chosen to join our organization and hope that you will enjoy a long and successful career with us. As you become familiar with our culture and mission, we hope you will take advantage of opportunities to enhance your career and further **Goodwind Development Corporation’s** goals.

You are joining an organization that has a reputation for outstanding leadership, innovation, and expertise. Our employees use their creativity and talent to invent new solutions, meet new demands, and offer the most effective services/products in the industry. With your active involvement, creativity, and support, **Goodwind Development Corporation** will continue to achieve its goals. We sincerely hope you will take pride in being an important part of **Goodwind Development Corporation's** success.

# Purpose of the Handbook

Whether you have just joined our staff or have been at **Goodwind Development Corporation** for a while, we are confident that you will find our company a dynamic and rewarding place in which to work, and we look forward to a productive and successful association. We consider the employees of **Goodwind Development Corporation** to be one of its most valuable resources. This handbook has been written to serve as the guide for the employer/employee relationship.

There are several things to keep in mind about this handbook. First, it contains only general information and guidelines. It is not intended to be comprehensive or to address all the possible applications of, or exceptions to, the general policies and procedures described. For that reason, if you have any questions concerning eligibility for a particular benefit or the applicability of a policy or practice to you, you should address your specific questions to the Human Resources (HR) Department. Neither this handbook nor any other company document confers any contractual right, either express or implied, to remain in the company’s employ. Nor does it guarantee any fixed terms and conditions of your employment. Your employment is not for any specific time and may be terminated at-will with or without cause and without prior notice by **Goodwind Development Corporation**, or you may resign for any reason at any time. No supervisor or other representative of the company (except the President of **Goodwind Development Corporation**) has the authority to enter into any agreement for employment for any specified period of time or to make any agreement contrary to the above.

The procedures, practices, policies and benefits described here may be modified or discontinued by **Goodwind Development Corporation** from time to time. We will try to inform you of any changes as they occur.

Some subjects described in this handbook are covered in detail in official policy documents. Refer to these documents for specific information as the handbook only briefly summarizes these benefits. Please note that the terms of the written benefit policies are controlling and override any statements made in this or other documents.

Please take time to review the policies contained in this handbook. If you have questions, feel free to ask your supervisor or to contact the Human Resources (HR) department.

# Employment At Will

Employment at **Goodwind Development Corporation** is on an at-will basis unless otherwise stated in a written individual employment agreement signed by the president of the company.

This means that either the employee or the company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, for any reason, with or without notice.

Nothing in this employee handbook creates or is intended to create an employment agreement, express or implied. Nothing contained in this or any other document provided to the employee is intended to be, nor should it be, construed as a contract that employment or any benefit will be continued for any period of time. In addition, no company representative is authorized to modify this policy for any employee or to enter into any agreement, oral or written, that changes the at-will relationship.

Any salary figures provided to an employee in annual, monthly or hourly terms are stated for the sake of convenience or to facilitate comparisons and are not intended to and do not create an employment contract for any specific period of time.

Nothing in this statement is intended to interfere with, restrain, or prevent concerted activity as protected by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Such activity includes employee communications regarding wages, hours, or other terms or conditions of employment. **Goodwind Development Corporation** employees have the right to engage in or refrain from such activities.